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Earth and Space Sciences · 术语表

什么是 Mode of climate variability; climate index; climatology?

又称: mode of climate variability · climate index · climatology

Definition 23.1 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 2 · 第 23 章 — Climate Variability

A mode of climate variability is a recurrent pattern of natural variability of the climate system, with its own spatial pattern, seasonality and time scales, arising from the dynamics of the atmosphere or from the coupling of the ocean and the atmosphere. A climate index is a time series built from climate variables that summarises the state of such a pattern, for example the difference of sea-level pressure between Iceland and the Azores. The climatology of a variable is its mean over a reference period, computed for each calendar month or season; the standard reference period is 30 years long, currently 1991–2020.

示例

Example 23.3 (An anomaly)

The mean sea-surface temperature of the central equatorial Pacific between 5∘5{}^{\circ} N and 5∘5{}^{\circ} S, 170∘170{}^{\circ} W and 120∘120{}^{\circ} W was 29.27 ∘C29.27\,{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} in September 2026. Its September climatology is 26.71 ∘C26.71\,{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, so the anomaly was 29.27−26.71=2.56 ∘C29.27 - 26.71 = 2.56\,{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}. In September 1997 the same ocean was at 28.79 ∘C28.79\,{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} against 26.73 ∘C26.73\,{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, an anomaly of 2.06 ∘C2.06\,{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}. The two climatologies differ slightly because the reference period is moved every five years: the ocean itself has warmed.

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