Response to Comment on “The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation without a role for ocean circulation”
Abstract
Zhang et al . interpret the mixed-layer energy budget in models as showing that “ocean dynamics play a central role in the AMO.” Here, we show that their diagnostics cannot reveal the causes of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and that their results can be explained with minimal ocean influence. Hence, we reaffirm our findings that the AMO in models can be understood primarily as the upper-ocean thermal response to stochastic atmospheric forcing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aaf2575
Entities
People
- Amy Clement
- Bjorn Stevens
- Katinka Bellomo
- Lisa N. Murphy
- Mark Cane
- Thorsten Mauritsen
Organizations
- Columbia University
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Miami