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Persistent Atmospheric and Oceanic Anomalies in the North Atlantic from Summer 2009 to Summer 2010

Zeng-Zhen Hu NOAA/NWS/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland

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Bohua Huang Center for Ocean–Land–Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, Maryland, and Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

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Yan Xue NOAA/NWS/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland

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15 Nov 2011
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https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4213.1
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Abstract

In this work, the authors analyze the air–sea interaction processes associated with the persistent atmospheric and oceanic anomalies in the North Atlantic Ocean during summer 2009–summer 2010 with a record-breaking positive sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) in the hurricane Main Development Region (MDR) in the spring and summer of 2010. Contributions to the anomalies from the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and a long-term trend are identified. The warming in the tropical North Atlantic during summer 2009–summer 2010 represented a typical response to ENSO, preconditioned and amplified by the influence of a strong and persistent negative phase of the NAO. The long-term trends enhanced the warming in the high and low latitudes and weakened the cooling in the midlatitudes. The persistent negative phase of the NAO was associated with active thermodynamic air–sea interaction in the North Atlantic basin. Surface wind anomalies associated with the NAO altered the ocean surface heat flux and changed the SSTA, which was likely further enhanced by the positive wind speed–evaporation–SST feedback. The total heat flux was dominated by the latent and sensible heat fluxes, while the shortwave radiation contributed to the tropical SSTA to a lesser degree. Sensitivity experiments with an atmospheric general circulation model forced by observed SST in the Atlantic Ocean alone suggested that the Atlantic SSTA, which was partly forced by the NAO, had some positive contribution to the persistence of the negative phase of the NAO. Therefore, the persistent NAO condition is partly an outcome of the global climate anomalies and the ocean–atmosphere feedback within the Atlantic basin. The combination of the ENSO, NAO, and long-term trend resulted in the record-breaking positive SSTA in the MDR in the boreal spring and summer of 2010. On the basis of the statistical relationship, the SSTA pattern in the North Atlantic was reasonably well predicted by using the preceding ENSO and NAO as predictors.

Corresponding author address: Zeng-Zhen Hu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, 5200 Auth Rd., Suite 605, Camp Springs, MD 20746. E-mail: zeng-zhen.hu@noaa.gov

Abstract

In this work, the authors analyze the air–sea interaction processes associated with the persistent atmospheric and oceanic anomalies in the North Atlantic Ocean during summer 2009–summer 2010 with a record-breaking positive sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) in the hurricane Main Development Region (MDR) in the spring and summer of 2010. Contributions to the anomalies from the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and a long-term trend are identified. The warming in the tropical North Atlantic during summer 2009–summer 2010 represented a typical response to ENSO, preconditioned and amplified by the influence of a strong and persistent negative phase of the NAO. The long-term trends enhanced the warming in the high and low latitudes and weakened the cooling in the midlatitudes. The persistent negative phase of the NAO was associated with active thermodynamic air–sea interaction in the North Atlantic basin. Surface wind anomalies associated with the NAO altered the ocean surface heat flux and changed the SSTA, which was likely further enhanced by the positive wind speed–evaporation–SST feedback. The total heat flux was dominated by the latent and sensible heat fluxes, while the shortwave radiation contributed to the tropical SSTA to a lesser degree. Sensitivity experiments with an atmospheric general circulation model forced by observed SST in the Atlantic Ocean alone suggested that the Atlantic SSTA, which was partly forced by the NAO, had some positive contribution to the persistence of the negative phase of the NAO. Therefore, the persistent NAO condition is partly an outcome of the global climate anomalies and the ocean–atmosphere feedback within the Atlantic basin. The combination of the ENSO, NAO, and long-term trend resulted in the record-breaking positive SSTA in the MDR in the boreal spring and summer of 2010. On the basis of the statistical relationship, the SSTA pattern in the North Atlantic was reasonably well predicted by using the preceding ENSO and NAO as predictors.

Corresponding author address: Zeng-Zhen Hu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, 5200 Auth Rd., Suite 605, Camp Springs, MD 20746. E-mail: zeng-zhen.hu@noaa.gov
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