The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling
Abstract The Pacific/North American (PNA) pattern is a major low‐frequency variability in boreal winter. A recent modeling study suggested that PNA variability increases through extratropical atmosphere‐ocean coupling, but the effect was not fully extracted due to a particular experimental design. B...
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| author | Masato Mori Hiroki Tokinaga Yu Kosaka Hisashi Nakamura Bunmei Taguchi Hiroaki Tatebe |
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| description | Abstract The Pacific/North American (PNA) pattern is a major low‐frequency variability in boreal winter. A recent modeling study suggested that PNA variability increases through extratropical atmosphere‐ocean coupling, but the effect was not fully extracted due to a particular experimental design. By comparing coupled and two sets of uncoupled large‐ensemble global model simulations, here we show that the PNA‐induced horseshoe‐shaped sea‐surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the North Pacific returns a non‐negligible influence on the PNA itself. Its magnitude depends on the presence or absence of atmosphere‐ocean coupling. The coupling accounts for ∼16% of the PNA variance, while the horseshoe‐shaped SST anomaly explains only 5% under the uncoupled condition. The coupling reduces the damping of available potential energy by modulating turbulent heat fluxes and precipitation, magnifying the PNA variance. Precipitation processes in the extratropics as well as tropics are therefore important for realistically representing PNA variability and thereby regional weather and climate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba409bb9f3bf4aa89e783c4b21e2421c2025-08-20T02:31:42ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072024-07-015114n/an/a10.1029/2024GL110234The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean CouplingMasato Mori0Hiroki Tokinaga1Yu Kosaka2Hisashi Nakamura3Bunmei Taguchi4Hiroaki Tatebe5Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Kyushu University Kasuga JapanResearch Institute for Applied Mechanics Kyushu University Kasuga JapanResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology the University of Tokyo Tokyo JapanResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology the University of Tokyo Tokyo JapanFaculty of Sustainable Design University of Toyama Toyama JapanJapan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Yokohama JapanAbstract The Pacific/North American (PNA) pattern is a major low‐frequency variability in boreal winter. A recent modeling study suggested that PNA variability increases through extratropical atmosphere‐ocean coupling, but the effect was not fully extracted due to a particular experimental design. By comparing coupled and two sets of uncoupled large‐ensemble global model simulations, here we show that the PNA‐induced horseshoe‐shaped sea‐surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the North Pacific returns a non‐negligible influence on the PNA itself. Its magnitude depends on the presence or absence of atmosphere‐ocean coupling. The coupling accounts for ∼16% of the PNA variance, while the horseshoe‐shaped SST anomaly explains only 5% under the uncoupled condition. The coupling reduces the damping of available potential energy by modulating turbulent heat fluxes and precipitation, magnifying the PNA variance. Precipitation processes in the extratropics as well as tropics are therefore important for realistically representing PNA variability and thereby regional weather and climate.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110234PNAteleconnectionatmosphere‐ocean couplingair‐sea couplingair‐sea interaction |
| spellingShingle | Masato Mori Hiroki Tokinaga Yu Kosaka Hisashi Nakamura Bunmei Taguchi Hiroaki Tatebe The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling Geophysical Research Letters PNA teleconnection atmosphere‐ocean coupling air‐sea coupling air‐sea interaction |
| title | The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling |
| title_full | The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling |
| title_short | The Influence of Extratropical Ocean on the PNA Teleconnection: Role of Atmosphere‐Ocean Coupling |
| title_sort | influence of extratropical ocean on the pna teleconnection role of atmosphere ocean coupling |
| topic | PNA teleconnection atmosphere‐ocean coupling air‐sea coupling air‐sea interaction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110234 |
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