DOE OSTI · 1923920
Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects
Abstract
Decadal climate variability and change affects nearly every aspect of our world, including weather, agriculture, ecosystems, and the economy. Predicting its expression is thus of critical importance on multiple fronts. Power et al. review what is known about tropical Pacific decadal climate variability and change, the degree to which it can be simulated and predicted, and how we might improve our understanding of it. Here, more accurate projections will require longer and more detailed instrumental and paleoclimate records, improved climate models, and better data assimilation methods. —HJS.
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Power, Scott, Lengaigne, Matthieu, Capotondi, Antonietta, Khodri, Myriam, Vialard, Jérôme, Jebri, Beyrem, Guilyardi, Eric, McGregor, Shayne, Kug, Jong-Seong, Newman, Matthew, McPhaden, Michael J., Meehl, Gerald, Smith, Doug, Cole, Julia, Emile-Geay, Julien, Vimont, Daniel, Wittenberg, Andrew T., Collins, Mat, Kim, Geon-Il, Cai, Wenju, Okumura, Yuko, Chung, Christine, Cobb, Kim M., Delage, François, Planton, Yann Y., Levine, Aaron, Zhu, Feng, Sprintall, Janet, Di Lorenzo, Emanuele, Zhang, Xuebin, Luo, Jing-Jia, Lin, Xiaopei, Balmaseda, Magdalena, Wang, Guojian, Henley, Benjamin J.. 2021-10-01. Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay9165
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