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Enhanced MJO-like Variability at High SST
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The authors report a significant increase in Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO)–like variability in a superparameterized version of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model run with high sea surface temperatures (SSTs). A series of aquaplanet simulations exhibit a tripling of intraseasonal outgoing longwave radiation variance as equatorial SST is increased from 26° to 35°C. The simulated intraseasonal variability also transitions from an episodic phenomenon to one with a semiregular period of 25 days. Moist static energy (MSE) budgets of composite MJO events are used to diagnose the physical processes responsible for the relationship with SST. This analysis points to an increasingly positive contribution from vertical advection, associated in part with a steepening of the mean vertical MSE profile in the lower troposphere. The change in MSE profile is a natural consequence of increasing SST while maintaining a moist adiabat with a fixed profile of relative humidity. This work has implications for tropical variability in past warm climates as well as anthropogenic global warming scenarios.
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- Authors
- Arnold, N. P., Kuang, Z., & Tziperman, E.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Climate
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Published
- 2013-02-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 988-1001
- ISSN
- 0894-8755 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-0442
- OpenAlex
- W2103387024
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- 107
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- FWCI
- 4.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Keywords
- Madden-Julian Oscillation, sea surface temperature, intraseasonal variability, outgoing longwave radiation, moist static energy budget, vertical advection, aquaplanet simulations, tropical variability, global warming
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