Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations

A dominant paradigm for mid-latitude air-sea interaction identifies the synoptic-scale atmospheric “noise” as the main driver for the observed ocean surface variability. While this conceptual model successfully holds over most of the mid-latitude ocean surface, its soundness over frontal zones (incl...

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Autores: Bellucci, Alessio, Athanasiadis, Panos J., Scoccimarro, Enrico, Ruggieri, Paolo, Gualdi, Silvio, Fedele, Giusy, Haarsma, Reindert J., García Serrano, Javier|||0000-0003-3913-0876, Castrillo, Miguel|||0000-0003-1826-623X, Putrahasan, D., Sanchez-Gomez, Emilia, Moine, Marie-Pierre, Roberts, Christopher D., Roberts, Michael J., Seddon, J, Vidale, Pier Luigi
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
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Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/340396
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05573-z
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Palavra-chave:Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Gulf Stream
HighResMIP
Climate simulation
Air-sea interaction
Climate models
Simulacio per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida
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spelling Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulationsBellucci, AlessioAthanasiadis, Panos J.Scoccimarro, EnricoRuggieri, PaoloGualdi, SilvioFedele, GiusyHaarsma, Reindert J.García Serrano, Javier|||0000-0003-3913-0876Castrillo, Miguel|||0000-0003-1826-623XPutrahasan, D.Sanchez-Gomez, EmiliaMoine, Marie-PierreRoberts, Christopher D.Roberts, Michael J.Seddon, JVidale, Pier LuigiOcean-atmosphere interactionGulf StreamHighResMIPClimate simulationAir-sea interactionClimate modelsSimulacio per ordinadorÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vidaA dominant paradigm for mid-latitude air-sea interaction identifies the synoptic-scale atmospheric “noise” as the main driver for the observed ocean surface variability. While this conceptual model successfully holds over most of the mid-latitude ocean surface, its soundness over frontal zones (including western boundary currents; WBC) characterized by intense mesoscale activity, has been questioned in a number of studies suggesting a driving role for the small scale ocean dynamics (mesoscale oceanic eddies) in the modulation of air-sea interaction. In this context, climate models provide a powerful experimental device to inspect the emerging scale-dependent nature of mid-latitude air-sea interaction. This study assesses the impact of model resolution on the representation of air-sea interaction over the Gulf Stream region, in a multi-model ensemble of present-climate simulations performed using a common experimental design. Lead-lag correlation and covariance patterns between sea surface temperature (SST) and turbulent heat flux (THF) are diagnosed to identify the leading regimes of air-sea interaction in a region encompassing both the Gulf Stream system and the North Atlantic subtropical basin. Based on these statistical metrics it is found that coupled models based on “laminar” (eddy-parameterised) and eddy-permitting oceans are able to discriminate between an ocean-driven regime, dominating the region controlled by the Gulf Stream dynamics, and an atmosphere-driven regime, typical of the open ocean regions. However, the increase of model resolution leads to a better representation of SST and THF cross-covariance patterns and functional forms, and the major improvements can be largely ascribed to a refinement of the oceanic model component.The authors of this study wish to thank two reviewers for their many insightful comments. AB, PA, ES, RH, JG-S, DP, ESG, MJR, CR, JS, PV acknowledge PRIMAVERA funding received from the European Commission under Grant Agreement 641727 of the Horizon 2020 research programme. JG-S was additionally supported by the Spanish ‘Ramón y Cajal’ programme (RYC-2016-21181). The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The datasets used in this work are cited in this manuscript with appropriate doi’s in publicly available archives.Peer ReviewedSpringer Link20212021-01-0120212021-02-23journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/340396https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05573-zreponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 641727 PRocess-based climate sIMulation: AdVances in high resolution modelling and European climate Risk Assessmentopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/Attribution 3.0 Spainhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3403962026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
title Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
spellingShingle Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
Bellucci, Alessio
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Gulf Stream
HighResMIP
Climate simulation
Air-sea interaction
Climate models
Simulacio per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida
title_short Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
title_full Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
title_fullStr Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
title_full_unstemmed Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
title_sort Air-Sea interaction over the Gulf Stream in an ensemble of HighResMIP present climate simulations
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bellucci, Alessio
Athanasiadis, Panos J.
Scoccimarro, Enrico
Ruggieri, Paolo
Gualdi, Silvio
Fedele, Giusy
Haarsma, Reindert J.
García Serrano, Javier|||0000-0003-3913-0876
Castrillo, Miguel|||0000-0003-1826-623X
Putrahasan, D.
Sanchez-Gomez, Emilia
Moine, Marie-Pierre
Roberts, Christopher D.
Roberts, Michael J.
Seddon, J
Vidale, Pier Luigi
author Bellucci, Alessio
author_facet Bellucci, Alessio
Athanasiadis, Panos J.
Scoccimarro, Enrico
Ruggieri, Paolo
Gualdi, Silvio
Fedele, Giusy
Haarsma, Reindert J.
García Serrano, Javier|||0000-0003-3913-0876
Castrillo, Miguel|||0000-0003-1826-623X
Putrahasan, D.
Sanchez-Gomez, Emilia
Moine, Marie-Pierre
Roberts, Christopher D.
Roberts, Michael J.
Seddon, J
Vidale, Pier Luigi
author_role author
author2 Athanasiadis, Panos J.
Scoccimarro, Enrico
Ruggieri, Paolo
Gualdi, Silvio
Fedele, Giusy
Haarsma, Reindert J.
García Serrano, Javier|||0000-0003-3913-0876
Castrillo, Miguel|||0000-0003-1826-623X
Putrahasan, D.
Sanchez-Gomez, Emilia
Moine, Marie-Pierre
Roberts, Christopher D.
Roberts, Michael J.
Seddon, J
Vidale, Pier Luigi
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Gulf Stream
HighResMIP
Climate simulation
Air-sea interaction
Climate models
Simulacio per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida
topic Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Gulf Stream
HighResMIP
Climate simulation
Air-sea interaction
Climate models
Simulacio per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida
description A dominant paradigm for mid-latitude air-sea interaction identifies the synoptic-scale atmospheric “noise” as the main driver for the observed ocean surface variability. While this conceptual model successfully holds over most of the mid-latitude ocean surface, its soundness over frontal zones (including western boundary currents; WBC) characterized by intense mesoscale activity, has been questioned in a number of studies suggesting a driving role for the small scale ocean dynamics (mesoscale oceanic eddies) in the modulation of air-sea interaction. In this context, climate models provide a powerful experimental device to inspect the emerging scale-dependent nature of mid-latitude air-sea interaction. This study assesses the impact of model resolution on the representation of air-sea interaction over the Gulf Stream region, in a multi-model ensemble of present-climate simulations performed using a common experimental design. Lead-lag correlation and covariance patterns between sea surface temperature (SST) and turbulent heat flux (THF) are diagnosed to identify the leading regimes of air-sea interaction in a region encompassing both the Gulf Stream system and the North Atlantic subtropical basin. Based on these statistical metrics it is found that coupled models based on “laminar” (eddy-parameterised) and eddy-permitting oceans are able to discriminate between an ocean-driven regime, dominating the region controlled by the Gulf Stream dynamics, and an atmosphere-driven regime, typical of the open ocean regions. However, the increase of model resolution leads to a better representation of SST and THF cross-covariance patterns and functional forms, and the major improvements can be largely ascribed to a refinement of the oceanic model component.
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