dc.contributor.author | Thiéblemont, Rémi | |
dc.contributor.author | Matthes, Katja | |
dc.contributor.author | Omrani, Nour-Eddine | |
dc.contributor.author | Kodera, Kunihiko | |
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Felicitas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-29T08:31:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-29T08:31:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09-15 | |
dc.Published | Nature Communications 2015, 6:8268 | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-1723 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/11752 | |
dc.description.abstract | Quasi-decadal variability in solar irradiance has been suggested to exert a substantial effect on Earth’s regional climate. In the North Atlantic sector, the 11-year solar signal has been proposed to project onto a pattern resembling the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), with a lag of a few years due to ocean-atmosphere interactions. The solar/NAO relationship is, however, highly misrepresented in climate model simulations with realistic observed forcings. In addition, its detection is particularly complicated since NAO quasi-decadal fluctuations can be intrinsically generated by the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. Here we compare two multi-decadal ocean-atmosphere chemistry-climate simulations with and without solar forcing variability. While the experiment including solar variability simulates a 1–2-year lagged solar/NAO relationship, comparison of both experiments suggests that the 11-year solar cycle synchronizes quasi-decadal NAO variability intrinsic to the model. The synchronization is consistent with the downward propagation of the solar signal from the stratosphere to the surface. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution CC BY 4.0 | eng |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | eng |
dc.subject | Earth sciences | eng |
dc.subject | Atmospheric science | eng |
dc.subject | Climate science | eng |
dc.title | Solar forcing synchronizes decadal North Atlantic climate variability | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-30T17:11:42Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2015 Rights Managed by Nature Publishing Group | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9268 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1284978 | |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 | en_US |