Decadal Variations in Eastern Canada’s Taiga Wood Biomass Production Forced by Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

Decadal atmosphere-ocean variations in the Pacific

Considerable evidence has emerged of a substantial decade-long change in the north Pacific atmosphere and ocean lasting from about 1976 to 1988. Observed significant changes in the atmospheric circulation throughout the troposphere revealed a deeper and eastward shifted Aleutian low pressure system in the winter half year which advected warmer and moister air along the west coast of North Ameri...

Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions on Interannual to Decadal Time Scales

Decadal variability and predictability in themidlatitude ocean { atmosphere

The coupled ocean{atmosphere interaction and predictability associated with the tropical El Ni~ no phenomenon has motivated researchers to seek analogous phenomena in the midlatitudes as well. Are there midlatitude coupled ocean{atmosphere modes? Is there signiicant predictability in the midlatitudes? The authors address these questions in the broader context of trying to understand the mechani...

A Model of Decadal Middle-Latitude Atmosphere–Ocean Coupled Modes

An analytical model of the mutual interaction of the middle-latitude atmosphere and ocean is formulated and studied. The model is found to support coupled modes in which oceanic baroclinic Rossby waves of decadal period grow through positive coupled feedback between the thermal forcing of the atmosphere induced by SST anomalies and the resulting wind stress forcing of the ocean. Growth only occ...

Modeling Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions and Primary Productivity