Linkages/mechanisms of MDV in the Arctic and North Atlantic climate system
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Striking linkage: Long-term variations of the key components of the Arctic/North Atlantic climate system. |
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Schematic depicting the two states of multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic is based upon previous numerous studies and shows that during MDV phases.
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The observations demonstrate a strikingly coherent pattern of
large-scale low frequency variations of key Arctic and North Atlantic
climate variables (e.g. slp, SST, SAT, & ice cover) as well as a
strong coupling between the variations in the Arctic and the North
Atlantic. What are the mechanisms which drive this variability and
provide linkages of the Arctic/North Atlantic system components?
Despite numerous problems, associated, for example, with a lack of
observational data, there is strong and steady progress towards the
synthesis of a coherent picture of MDV. Our schematics summarizes
the present-day knowledge about the different components of the
climate system and how they operate together. The evidence supports
the notion the ocean and notion that the ocean and air-ocean
interactions play a key role in shaping the Arctic/North Atlantic
MDV. Advances in climate modeling and further analysis of
observational data promise to aid with our progress in
understanding of how MDV in the climate system operates.
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