关于"在过去的千年里,ENSO对火山强迫没有一致的反应"的评论
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
概括
大规模的火山爆发并不能否定厄尔尼诺现象. 而是火山冷却掩盖了厄尔尼诺特征的变暖效应,
科学领域:
- 气候科学
- 火山学
- 海洋学
背景情况:
- 火山爆发与厄尔尼诺南部振荡 (ENSO) 之间的关系受到争议.
- 之前的研究表明大火山爆发不会产生可检测的厄尔尼诺现象.
研究的目的:
- 重新评估大火山爆发对厄尔尼诺现象的影响.
- 解决火山冷却对厄尔尼诺气候变暖的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析气候数据,考虑火山强迫.
- 在火山事件和厄尔尼诺时期的表面温度异常的比较.
主要成果:
- 大规模的火山爆发导致全球表面显著降温.
- 这种冷却效应掩盖了与厄尔尼诺现象相关的相对变暖.
- 埃尔尼诺对火山爆发的反应因此被低估或未被发现.
结论:
- 认为大火山爆发不会引起厄尔尼诺现象是错误的.
- 火山的冷却从根本上改变了厄尔尼诺的可观测特征.
- 需要对火山与ENSO相互作用进行修订.
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