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Eric van der Swaluw
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Dr. Eric van der Swaluw
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| Date: |
Monday July 9, 2007
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| Title: |
Heat Transport in
the Hadley center climate model Eric van der Swaluw
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Abstract
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I will
present results of a study which investigates the global heat transport
from the equator to the poles using the Hadley Center Climate model.
More in particular I will discuss the (Bjerknes) compensation mechanism
in the heat transport variations from the atmosphere and the ocean.
Using data output from a pre-industrial control run of the Hadley
Center Climate model, we find a maximum compensation rate at a latitude
of 70N on decadal timescales. At this latitude the ocean forces the
atmosphere, which lags by 1 year. I will elucidate the mechanism of
Bjerknes compensation at 70N latitude using a statistical analysis.
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