Atmospheric Response to North Pacific SST: The Role of Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling* From: Journal of Climate | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Wu, Lixin; Liu, Zhengyu | Copyright American Meteorological Society May 1, 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Atmospheric response to a midlatitude winter SST anomaly is studied in a coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. The role of ocean-atmosphere coupling is examined with ensemble experiments of different coupling configurations. The atmospheric response is found to depend critically on ocean-atmosphere coupling. The full coupling experiment produces the strongest warm-ridge response and agrees the best with a statistical estimation of the atmospheric response. The fi...

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