Ocean Warming Pattern Effect On Global And Regional Climate Change
Shang‐Ping Xie
Abstract
Abstract Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases cause the planet to warm, and the ocean uptake of anthropogenic heat slows the warming, preventing the climate system from equilibrating with the increasing radiative forcing. The uneven ocean surface warming affects regional changes in tropical rainfall, El Niño, and the global climate sensitivity. Thus, the study of ocean warming patterns bridges the ocean‐atmospheric dynamics community focusing on spatial patterns on one hand and the climate change community with a traditional emphasis on the planetary energy budget and radiative feedback on the other.
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceGreenhouse gasGlobal warmingClimatologyClimate changeRadiative forcingEffects of global warming on oceansGreenhouse effectClimate modelAbrupt climate changeForcing (mathematics)Climate sensitivityOcean heat contentAtmospheric sciencesEffects of global warmingSea surface temperatureOceanographyGeologyClimate variability and modelsOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research