Abstract

새롭게 개발한 대기-해양 접합모형(CGCM)에서 모사한 열대 태평양 해수면 온도(SST)의 경년 변동성의 특징을 조사하였다. 모형은 SST의 경년변동과 평균분포, 계절변동, 강수량, 그리고 해양 내부 구조를 관측과 유사하게 모사하였다. 모델은 서태평양 경계 부근에서 관측에 비해 큰 SST 경년변동을 보였는데 이 원인으로 적도 태평양의 SST 동서 변화율을 제시하였다. 즉 관측에 비해 강한 SST 경도는 zonal advection feedback을 강화시켜 SST 아노말리의 서진(westward propagation)과 서태평양의 경년 변동성 증가를 가져왔다. 간단한 two-strip 모델을 이용한 민감도 실험 결과는 이를 뒷받침하였다. 동서 평균한 수온약층의 깊이와 NINO3 SST 인덱스의 분석 결과는 모델의 경년 변동이 충전-방전 진동자에 의한 것임을 나타냈다. 그리고 지연 회귀분석 결과를 이용하여 엘니뇨가 발달하기 전에 barrier layer thickness(BLT) 증가에 의한 열 축적 과정이 서태평양에서 먼저 일어난다는 것을 제시하였다. This paper explored the characteristics of the interannual sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the equatorial Pacific by analyzing the simulated data from a newly coupled general circulation model (CGCM). The CGCM simulates well the realistic ENSO variability as well as the mean climatologies including SST, seasonal cycle, precipitation, and subsurface structures. It is argued that the zonal gradient of SST in the equatorial Pacific is responsible for the over-energetic SST variability near the equatorial western boundary in the model. This variability could also be related to the strong westward propagation of SST anomalies which resulted from the enhanced the zonal advection feedback. The simple two-strip model supports this by sensitivity tests. Analysis of the relationship between zonal mean thermocline depth and NINO3 SST index suggested that the ENSO variability is controlled by the recharge-discharge oscillator of the model. The lead-lag regression result reveals that heat buildup process in the western equatorial Pacific associated with the increase of the barrier layer thickness (BLT) is a precedent condition for El <TEX>$Ni\widetilde{n}o$</TEX> to develop.

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