Chapter 6
Analysing the Boreal
Summer Relationship
Between Worldwide
Sea-Surface Temperature
and Atmospheric
Variability
by M. Neil Ward
6.1 Introduction
The ocean and the atmosphere can be viewed as two sub-systems of the
earth's environment al system. The ocean and atmosphere interact at the
air-sea boundary. This chapter is orientated towards analysing the impact of
the ocean on the atmosphere. The timescales analysed are from the seasonal
to the multidecadal. Statistical analysis is playing an important role in advancing our knowledge of air-sea interaction and its influence on worldwide
Acknowledgements: Mike Hulme kindly provided rainfall data under UK DoE Contract PECD 7/12/78. Discussions with Chris Folland, Brian Hoskins and Radley Centre
colleagues have enhanced this Chapter and Bob Livezey made helpful comments on an
earlier version of the text.
Analysing the Boreal
Summer Relationship
Between Worldwide
Sea-Surface Temperature
and Atmospheric
Variability
by M. Neil Ward
6.1 Introduction
The ocean and the atmosphere can be viewed as two sub-systems of the
earth's environment al system. The ocean and atmosphere interact at the
air-sea boundary. This chapter is orientated towards analysing the impact of
the ocean on the atmosphere. The timescales analysed are from the seasonal
to the multidecadal. Statistical analysis is playing an important role in advancing our knowledge of air-sea interaction and its influence on worldwide
Acknowledgements: Mike Hulme kindly provided rainfall data under UK DoE Contract PECD 7/12/78. Discussions with Chris Folland, Brian Hoskins and Radley Centre
colleagues have enhanced this Chapter and Bob Livezey made helpful comments on an
earlier version of the text.