On North Atlantic lntedecadal Variability: A Stochastic View
153
Linear Trends 1963-93
a) SST (Kldecade)
~
o.
330'
b) SLP (mb/decade)
~
o .
330 '
Fig.9.3 Observed linear trends ca\culated for winter (DJF) December 1963 - February
1993 in a) SST CC/decade), and b) SLP (hPaldecade). From Robertson (1998, pers. comrn.)
model to interdecadal time scales. The atmospheric noise can excite also damped
eigenrnodes of the ocean circulation on interdecadal to centennial time scales, as
shown, for instance, by the model studies of Mikolajewicz and Maier Reimer
(1990), Weisse et al. (1994), and Griffies and Tziperman (1995).
'Two-way' interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere were also proposed to cause interdecadal climate variability (e.g. Latif and Bamett (1994), Gu
and Philander (1997), Chang et al. (1997)). Similar to the El Nii'io/Southem Oscil-
153
Linear Trends 1963-93
a) SST (Kldecade)
~
o.
330'
b) SLP (mb/decade)
~
o .
330 '
Fig.9.3 Observed linear trends ca\culated for winter (DJF) December 1963 - February
1993 in a) SST CC/decade), and b) SLP (hPaldecade). From Robertson (1998, pers. comrn.)
model to interdecadal time scales. The atmospheric noise can excite also damped
eigenrnodes of the ocean circulation on interdecadal to centennial time scales, as
shown, for instance, by the model studies of Mikolajewicz and Maier Reimer
(1990), Weisse et al. (1994), and Griffies and Tziperman (1995).
'Two-way' interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere were also proposed to cause interdecadal climate variability (e.g. Latif and Bamett (1994), Gu
and Philander (1997), Chang et al. (1997)). Similar to the El Nii'io/Southem Oscil-