A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation
Antarctic stratospheric ozone depletion is thought to influence the Southern Hemisphere tropospheric climate. Recently, Arctic stratospheric ozone (ASO) variations have been found to affect the middle-high latitude tropospheric climate in the Northern Hemisphere. This paper demonstrates that the imp...
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| author | Fei Xie Jianping Li Wenshou Tian Qiang Fu Fei-Fei Jin Yongyun Hu Jiankai Zhang Wuke Wang Cheng Sun Juan Feng Yun Yang Ruiqiang Ding |
| author_facet | Fei Xie Jianping Li Wenshou Tian Qiang Fu Fei-Fei Jin Yongyun Hu Jiankai Zhang Wuke Wang Cheng Sun Juan Feng Yun Yang Ruiqiang Ding |
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| description | Antarctic stratospheric ozone depletion is thought to influence the Southern Hemisphere tropospheric climate. Recently, Arctic stratospheric ozone (ASO) variations have been found to affect the middle-high latitude tropospheric climate in the Northern Hemisphere. This paper demonstrates that the impact of ASO can extend to the tropics, with the ASO variations leading El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events by about 20 months. Using observations, analysis, and simulations, the connection between ASO and ENSO is established by combining the high-latitude stratosphere to troposphere pathway with the extratropical to tropical climate teleconnection. This shows that the ASO radiative anomalies influence the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), and the anomalous NPO and induced Victoria Mode anomalies link to the North Pacific circulation that then influences ENSO. Our results imply that incorporating realistic and time-varying ASO into climate system models may help to improve ENSO predictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a88b10601f3a482ebd46b580e0b7bbf12023-08-09T14:14:43ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262016-01-01111212402610.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124026A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillationFei Xie0Jianping Li1Wenshou Tian2Qiang Fu3Fei-Fei Jin4Yongyun Hu5Jiankai Zhang6Wuke Wang7Cheng Sun8Juan Feng9Yun Yang10Ruiqiang Ding11College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii, USADepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaInstitute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaAntarctic stratospheric ozone depletion is thought to influence the Southern Hemisphere tropospheric climate. Recently, Arctic stratospheric ozone (ASO) variations have been found to affect the middle-high latitude tropospheric climate in the Northern Hemisphere. This paper demonstrates that the impact of ASO can extend to the tropics, with the ASO variations leading El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events by about 20 months. Using observations, analysis, and simulations, the connection between ASO and ENSO is established by combining the high-latitude stratosphere to troposphere pathway with the extratropical to tropical climate teleconnection. This shows that the ASO radiative anomalies influence the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), and the anomalous NPO and induced Victoria Mode anomalies link to the North Pacific circulation that then influences ENSO. Our results imply that incorporating realistic and time-varying ASO into climate system models may help to improve ENSO predictions.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124026Arctic stratospheric ozone (ASO)ENSONPOVictoria Mode |
| spellingShingle | Fei Xie Jianping Li Wenshou Tian Qiang Fu Fei-Fei Jin Yongyun Hu Jiankai Zhang Wuke Wang Cheng Sun Juan Feng Yun Yang Ruiqiang Ding A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation Environmental Research Letters Arctic stratospheric ozone (ASO) ENSO NPO Victoria Mode |
| title | A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation |
| title_full | A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation |
| title_fullStr | A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation |
| title_short | A connection from Arctic stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern oscillation |
| title_sort | connection from arctic stratospheric ozone to el nino southern oscillation |
| topic | Arctic stratospheric ozone (ASO) ENSO NPO Victoria Mode |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124026 |
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