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Exploring the ENSO modulation of the QBO periods with GISS E2.2 models
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
Kevin J. DallaSanta
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
Clara Orbe
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
David H. Rind
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Jeffrey A. Jonas
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
Larissa Nazarenko
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
Gavin A. Schmidt
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
Gary Russell
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA
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The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) tends to speed up and slow down the phase speed of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) during El Niño and La Niña, respectively. The ENSO modulation of the QBO does not show up in the climate models with parameterized but temporally constant gravity wave sources. We show that the GISS E2.2 models can capture the observed ENSO modulation of the QBO period with a horizontal resolution of 2° by 2.5° and its gravity wave sources parameterized interactively.
The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) tends to speed up and slow down the phase speed of the...
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