Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-577-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-577-2023
Research article
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12 May 2023
Research article |  | 12 May 2023

The rate of information transfer as a measure of ocean–atmosphere interactions

David Docquier, Stéphane Vannitsem, and Alessio Bellucci

Data sets

J-OFURO3 H. Tomita https://doi.org/10.20783/DIAS.612

SeaFlux Data Products J. B. Roberts, C. A. Clayson, and F. R. Robertson https://doi.org/10.5067/SEAFLUX/DATA101

Model code and software

Liang Index to quantify ocean-atmosphere interactions (v2) David Docquier https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7547073

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Short summary
The climate system is strongly regulated by interactions between the ocean and atmosphere. However, many uncertainties remain in the understanding of these interactions. Our analysis uses a relatively novel approach to quantify causal links between the ocean surface and lower atmosphere based on satellite observations. We find that both the ocean and atmosphere influence each other but with varying intensity depending on the region, demonstrating the power of causal methods.
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