Using feedback from summer subtropical highs to evaluate climate models

Autor: Sánchez de Cos, María del Carmen, Sánchez-Laulhé, José María, Jiménez Alonso, Carlos, Rodríguez Camino, Ernesto
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: ARCIMIS. Archivo Climatológico y Meteorológico Institucional (AEMET)
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET)
Popis: This letter aims to broaden the spectrum of methods for model evaluation by providing new physically based metrics that focus on accurate couplings between subsystems of the climate system. A simplified version of the feedback scheme that describes the dynamics of subtropical high-pressure systems is applied to evaluate how well CMIP5 climate models can simulate atmosphere–ocean–land interactions and resulting feedbacks in the Azores high-pressure system during summer, which affects climate throughout the Atlantic near southern Europe and North Africa.
Databáze: OpenAIRE