风力驱动的海洋循环的历史变化驱动太平洋变暖的模式
Shuo Fu1,2, Shineng Hu3, Xiao-Tong Zheng4,5
1Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES) and Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Nature communications
|February 20, 2024
概括
热带太平洋显示了由海洋循环驱动的复杂的变暖模式. 风的变化是东太平洋变暖的关键,但模型与太平洋中部的冷却作斗争.
科学领域:
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 大气科学 大气科学
背景情况:
- 自20世纪50年代以来,热带太平洋的变暖模式在西太平洋 (WP) 和东太平洋 (EP) 设有不同的变暖中心.
- 这种模式包括赤道中央太平洋 (CP) 降温和亚热带东太平洋半球不对称.
- 驱动这种观察到的变暖模式的确切机制仍在科学辩论中.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究风力驱动的海洋循环在观测到的热带太平洋变暖模式中的作用.
- 为了分解海洋的热量变化,并将它们归因于不同的强迫机制.
主要方法:
- 利用了海洋热的分解.
- 分析了两个结合的模型大合奏.
- 模拟的场景与抑制的风变化,以隔离辐射强迫效应.
主要成果:
- 历史上的辐射强迫,没有风的变化,产生亚热带东北太平洋变暖,创造半球不对称延伸到热带西太平洋.
- 热带东太平洋的变暖是由与半球不对称相关的赤道横断风驱动的.
- 南方温暖的Ekman从近5°N的离赤道西风异常的偏向向南是主要的驱动因素,而不是热带调整.
结论:
- 风力驱动的海洋循环显著影响热带太平洋的变暖模式.
- 气候模型无法复制观察到的太平洋中部降温,这凸显了模拟赤道海洋过程的缺陷.
- 需要进一步的研究,以改善气候模型中赤道海洋过程和热结构的模拟.
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