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Understanding historical Southern Ocean trends in
observations and simulations
Yavor Kostov
MIT, U. of Oxford
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Understanding historical Southern Ocean trends in observations and simulations
Observations: NOAA Reynolds Optimum Interpolation
SST Trend 1982-2014
CMIP5 Historical Simulations: SST Trend 1982-2014
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The role of SAM and greenhouse gas forcing?
Observations: NOAA Reynolds Optimum Interpolation
SST Trend 1982-2014
CMIP5 Historical Simulations: SST Trend 1982-2014
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RESPONSE FUNCTIONS TO SAM
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Kostov et al. (2016) Fast and slow responses of Southern Ocean sea surface temperature to SAM in coupled climate models. Climate Dynamics. Published Online. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3162-z
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Example: Model CCSM4
– SAM– SST 55S-70S
We first estimate the impulse response function 𝐺 𝜏 from the control runs
𝑆𝑆𝑇 𝑡 = 0
+∞
𝐺 𝜏 𝑆𝐴𝑀 𝑡 − 𝜏 𝑑𝜏 + 𝜀 ≈ 0
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝐺 𝜏 𝑆𝐴𝑀 𝑡 − 𝜏 𝑑𝜏 + 𝜀
How does Southern Ocean SST respond to SAM on different timescales?
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Southern Ocean Step Response Functions to a SAM-like Pattern
Kostov et al. (2016), Submitted
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Southern Ocean Step Response Functions to a SAM-like Pattern
Kostov et al. (2016), Climate Dynamics. Published Online
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Two-timescale response to a SAM-like pattern under ozone depletion
Ferreira et al. (2015)
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Mechanism of the two-timescale response
Mean 𝜃 Temperatures, 0.5 K Apart
Cold
Warmer
Warm
Wind
Also, seee Purich et al. (2016)
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R=-0.72, p<0.01
The Year 1 cooling response to SAM is negatively correlated with the meridional gradient of climatological SST.
The slope of the slow warming response is positively correlated with
the vertical contrast in Southern Ocean potential temperature.
More complicated than the fast response.
Real World Estimate
R=+0.45, p<0.05
Weighted linear least squares regressions
Kostov et al. (2016), Climate Dynamics. Published Online
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APPLICATIONWork in Prep.
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Understanding historical Southern Ocean trends in observations and simulations
Observations: NOAA Reynolds Optimum Interpolation
SST Trend 1982-2014
CMIP5 Historical Simulations: SST Trend 1982-2014
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Convolving the Step Response 𝑆 with the
Evolution of Historical Forcing 𝐹ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡
Given a history of observed forcing, we can estimate the historical response via the convolution
𝑆𝑆𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑡 =
0
𝑡
𝑆(𝜏) 𝑑𝑆𝐴𝑀ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡
𝑑𝑡(𝑡−𝜏)
𝑑𝜏
The historical SST response at time 𝑡.
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Convolutions of the SAM CRFs
• Capture some of the intermodel spread; • Underestimate the warming in historical simulations
Observed trend
Ensemble mean
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CMIP5 CRFs to Greenhouse Gas Forcing
• Based on CMIP5 abrupt CO2 quadrupling experiments;• Constitute step responses functions of SO SST to TOA radiative forcing.
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Convolutions of the GHG CRFs
• The ensemble mean reconstruction shows realistic warming;• The GHG convolution does not reproduce individual model responses.
Observed trend
Ensemble mean
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Impact of GHG forcing on the SAMcannot be neglected
• Based on CMIP5 abrupt CO2 quadrupling experiments;• Constitute step responses functions of SAM to TOA radiative forcing.
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Combined GHG and SAM Convolutions
Observed trend
Ensemble mean
• Reproduces the ensemble mean response;• Capture some of the intermodel spread.
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A Southern Ocean warming bias in the CMIP5 historical simulations
Observed trend
Simulated historical trends in CMIP5 ;
𝟐𝝈 bars based onvariability in the control runs.
NOAA Reynolds OI
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A Southern Ocean warming bias in the CMIP5 historical simulations
?
Simulated historical trends in CMIP5 ;
𝟐𝝈 bars based onvariability in the control runs.
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Observed trend
A Southern Ocean warming bias in the CMIP5 historical simulations
CMIP5 Trends fromhistoricalsimulations
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Observed trend
A Southern Ocean warming bias in our reconstruction of
the CMIP5 historical simulations
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Observed trend
Convolving the CMIP5 with the observedSAM and GHG trends
• Most models are expected to show more SO cooling under realistic SAM trends (taken from HadSLP2r);
• Several models expected to warm more under stronger SAM.
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Conclusions
• Historical Southern Ocean SST trends: SAM and GHG forcing.
• Many coupled global climate models exhibit a two-timescale response of the Southern Ocean to SAM. The fast cooling regime transitions to a slow warming response.
• The SST response to SAM: wind-driven transport redistributing the background heat content.
• To reproduce the observed Southern Ocean cooling trends, models need both realistic SAM anomalies and realistic ocean stratification.
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Future directions:
• Bias-correction of the model step response functions to SAM;
• Taking into account seasonality:
A positive trend in DJF SAM triggers a stronger cooling (e.g., Purich et al., 2016)
It is surprising that annual mean reconstructions work relatively well.
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Salinification(Not freshening)
• Salinification at the surface;
• Different from studies which suggest that freshening plays an important role for setting the surface cooling trends (e.g., Bitanja et al., 2013);
• Under positive SAM trends, we see cooling without freshening.
Ensemble Mean Composite of 30-year Trends inSea Surface Salinity (SSS)
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Observed Southern Ocean Freshening
The Hadley EN4 dataset shows Southern Ocean fresheningbetween 1979 and 2013.
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Ensemble mean of the 1979-2014 simulated trends in Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
• Historical CMIP5 do show freshening trends;
• Weaker than the observed freshening;
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Southern Ocean Salinity CRFs
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Observed Vs Simulated Sea Ice Trends
Observations (NOAA Reynolds 1982-2014)
CMIP5 Simulations (1979-2014)
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Ensemble mean sea ice concentration trends in SAM-based composites
The SAM-based composites show weak sea ice expansion on the Pacific side of the Southern Ocean;
In each model the pattern of sea ice concentration trends is negatively correlated with the pattern of SST trends.
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Extracting the Response to Impulse Forcing from Unforced Control Experiments
𝒀 = 𝑿𝒈 + 𝜺
⇒ We estimate 𝒈 = 𝑿𝑇𝑿 −1𝑿𝑇𝒀 and residuals 𝜺
We calculate uncertainties for each estimated 𝑔𝑖.
• The covariance matrix 𝜺𝑇 𝜺
𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝒀 − 𝑛𝑿𝑇𝑿 −1
gives us the uncertainties for each estimate 𝑔𝑖.
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What is the impact of SAM-like wind trends on the Southern Ocean SST trends?
WARMINGBitz and Polvani (2012)
Annual means in CCSM3.5
Upwelling of warmer water
COOLINGCiasto and Thompson (2008)
Northward transport of colder water;
Surface heat fluxes
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Idealized GHG Trend
Assume: The historical GHG concentration grows exponentially from 280 ppm in 1855 to a 480 ppm CO2-equivalent in 2014 (160 years). TOA forcing due to GHGs grows linearly.
Rescaling the historical forcing trend by the abrupt 4xCO2 forcing:
𝐹𝐺𝐻𝐺𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑 =ln 480 − ln(280)
ln 4 × 280 − ln(280)
1
160 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
=ln 480/280
ln(4)
1
160 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
Assume all model-specific deviations from this trend are an error term.
NOAA AGGI
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Extracting the Response to Impulse Forcing from Unforced Control Experiments
Least-squares regression of the lagged SST and wind (SAM) timeseries gives the coefficients 𝑔𝑖, where
𝑆𝑆𝑇 𝑡 ≈
𝑖=0
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝑔𝑖 𝑢 𝑡 − 𝑖 + 𝜀
can be written in matrix notation as𝒀 = 𝑿𝒈 + 𝜺
⇒ We estimate 𝒈 = 𝑿𝑇𝑿 −1𝑿𝑇𝒀
We also calculate uncertainties for each estimated 𝑔𝑖based on the residual of each regression fit.
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VERIFICATION
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Compositing periods of strong SAM-like wind trends in the CMIP5 control runs
Observed 30-year trend slope
Distribution of 30-year wind trendsModel ACCESS1-0
Anomaly in the Maximum Zonal Average Surface Westerlies
Zonally Averaged Annual Mean SST Anomaly 55S to 70S
Example: Model ACCESS1-0
Years
Years
[ 𝒐𝑪 ]
[ m/s ]
Sample 30-year periods of ±𝟐𝝈SAM-like wind trends;
Composite the contemporaneous 30-year SST and OHC trends;
Rescale by the last 30-year wind trend from ERA-I reanalysis.
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MPI ESM MR
CCSM4
CNRM CM5
[℃/decade]
[℃/decade]
[℃/decade]
SST response functions (55°-70°S)
Vs.
Composited 30-year SST trends from periods of extreme 30-year trends in the SAM index.
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Ensemble Mean Composite of Ocean Potential Temperature Trends
0.5℃ apart
Easily interpreted in terms of the wind-driven circulation acting on the background temperature gradients.
Latitude
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Convolving the Step Response 𝑆 with the
Evolution of Historical Forcing 𝐹ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡
Given a history of observed forcing, we can estimate the historical response via the convolution
𝑆𝑆𝑇𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠 𝑡 =
0
𝑡
𝑆(𝜏) 𝑑𝑆𝐴𝑀𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠
𝑑𝑡(𝑡−𝜏)
𝑑𝜏
The composited SST response at time 𝑡.
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Using step response functions to recover the composited SST trends
CCSM4
CNRM CM5
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Real World
Bias Correction of the Fast Response(See DeAngelis 2015)
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Bias corrected Year 1 Fast Response
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Observed trend
Convolving the CMIP5 with the observedSAM and GHG trends
• Most models are expected to show more SO cooling under realistic SAM trends (taken from HadSLP2r);
• Several models expected to warm more under stronger SAM.
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Bias Correcting the Fast Responseusing climatology of meridional SST gradients
Observed trend