CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR REDUCING COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL SST BIASES IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS.

Authors :: ZUIDEMA, PAQUITA
PING CHANG
MEDEIROS, BRIAN
KIRTMAN, BEN P.
MECHOSO, ROBERTO
SCHNEIDER, EDWIN K.
TONIAZZO, THOMAS
RICHTER, INGO
SMALL, R. JUSTIN
BELLOMO, KATINKA
BRANDT, PETER
DE SZOEKE, SIMON
FARRAR, J. THOMAS
EUNSIL JUNG
SEIJI KATO
MINGKUI LI
PATRICOLA, CHRISTINA
ZAIYU WANG
WOOD, ROBERT
ZHAO XU
Source :: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Dec2016, Vol. 97 Issue 12, p2305-2327. 23p.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The article focuses on the challenges in reducing the sea surface temperature (SST) biases in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It mentions the impact of SST biases in the origin determination and precipitation biases in the Indian Ocean. Information regarding the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) precipitation bond, the contemporary coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (CGCMs), and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), are discussed. INSET: A 30-YEAR HISTORY CONTINUES.

Subjects :: *OCEAN temperature measurement
*ESTIMATION bias
*METEOROLOGICAL precipitation
*INTERTROPICAL convergence zone
*GENERAL circulation model
*SOUTHERN oscillation
EL Nino

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