A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean

Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2011.

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Main Author: Agard, John Vincent
Other Authors: Kerry Emanuel.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114373
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spelling mit-1721.1/1143732019-04-11T05:13:55Z A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean Agard, John Vincent Kerry Emanuel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-75). An oscillatory, quasi-periodic signal with a period of around 10 years was found in radiosonde- and satellite-measured datasets of lower stratospheric temperature. Power spectrum analysis and Fourier decomposition were used to characterize the temporal and vertical manifestations of the signal, while EOF analyses were used to analyze its spatial characteristics. The oscillation was found to be unrelated to the solar activity cycle, while it displayed coherence with similar oscillatory signals in ENSO, PDO and AMO indices, as well as with a quasi-decadal signal in SST data. Finally, the quasi-decadal signal in lower stratospheric temperature was found to have a small but measurable contribution to the signal of tropical cyclone potential intensity in the Atlantic MDR. by John Vincent Agard. S.B. 2018-03-27T14:19:42Z 2018-03-27T14:19:42Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114373 1028993083 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 119 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Agard, John Vincent
A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean
title A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean
title_full A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean
title_fullStr A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean
title_full_unstemmed A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean
title_short A global and tropical quasi-decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and Ocean
title_sort global and tropical quasi decadal oscillation of the atmosphere and ocean
topic Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114373
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