The North Atlantic Oscillation influence on Europe: climate impacts and associated physical mechanismsстатья из журнала
Аннотация: CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 20:9-17 (2002) - doi:10.3354/cr020009 The North Atlantic Oscillation influence on Europe: climate impacts and associated physical mechanisms Ricardo M. Trigo1,2,*, Timothy J. Osborn1, João M. Corte-Real3 1Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom 2Department of Physics, and 3Institute for Applied Science and Technology (ICAT), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal *E-mail: rtrigo@fc.ul.pt ABSTRACT: A multivariable analysis of the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on the climate of the North Atlantic and European sectors is presented using the 40 yr (1958-1997) consistent data set from NCEP. Using high and low NAO index composites, anomaly fields of climate variables are then interpreted based on physical mechanisms associated with the anomalous mean flow (characterised by the surface wind field) and the anomalous eddy activity (characterised by the surface vorticity and the 500 hPa storm track fields). It is shown that NAO-related temperature patterns are mainly controlled by the advection of heat by the anomalous mean flow. However, large asymmetries between minimum and maximum temperatures, and more significantly, between positive and negative phases of NAO imply the importance of a different mechanism, namely, the modulation of short wave and long wave radiation by cloud cover variations associated with the NAO. Furthermore, NAO influence on 2 different precipitation-related variables‹precipitation rate and precipitable water‹displays different patterns. Precipitable water is shown to be strongly related to the corresponding anomaly fields of temperature while precipitation rate appears to be controlled by the surface vorticity field and associated strength of the tropospheric synoptic activity. Erratum KEY WORDS: NAO · Storm tracks · Surface wind · Maximum and minimum temperatures · Precipitation rate · Precipitable water Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 20, No. 1. Online publication date: February 12, 2002 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2002 Inter-Research.
Год издания: 2002
Авторы: Ricardo M. Trigo, Timothy J. Osborn, João Corte‐Real
Издательство: Inter-Research Science Center
Источник: Climate Research
Ключевые слова: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Открытый доступ: bronze
Том: 20
Страницы: 9–17