Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on South American Atmosphere Dynamics and Precipitation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. iCESM Model Setup
2.2. Experiments
2.3. Climate Variables and Methods Used in Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Changes in Precipitation
3.2. ITCZ and Atmospheric Circulation Cells
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Experiment | Initialization | Sea-Surface Temperatures (SST) and Sea-Ice Concentrations (SIC) | Simulation |
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CONTROL | Pre-industrial conditions | HadISST dataset (Rayner et al., 2003) | One ensemble member/30 yr |
CAMO | Pre-industrial conditions | Cold SST anomaly superimposed on the HadISST dataset (Rayner et al., 2003) | Three ensemble members/50 yr |
WAMO | Pre-industrial conditions | Warm SST anomaly superimposed on the HadISST dataset (Rayner et al., 2003) | Three ensemble members/50 yr |
CAMO (109 kg/s) | WAMO (109 kg/s) | CAMO-WAMO (109 kg/s) | |
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NH | 66.83 | 65.49 | 1.34 |
SH | −75.25 | −78.23 | 2.98 |
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Maksic, J.; Shimizu, M.H.; Kayano, M.T.; Chiessi, C.M.; Prange, M.; Sampaio, G. Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on South American Atmosphere Dynamics and Precipitation. Atmosphere 2022, 13, 1778. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111778
Maksic J, Shimizu MH, Kayano MT, Chiessi CM, Prange M, Sampaio G. Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on South American Atmosphere Dynamics and Precipitation. Atmosphere. 2022; 13(11):1778. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111778
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaksic, Jelena, Marília H. Shimizu, Mary T. Kayano, Cristiano M. Chiessi, Matthias Prange, and Gilvan Sampaio. 2022. "Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on South American Atmosphere Dynamics and Precipitation" Atmosphere 13, no. 11: 1778. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111778