Sensitivity of the tropical climate to an interhemispheric thermal gradient: the role of tropical ocean dynamics

Talento, Stefanie; Barreiro, Marcelo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-285-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-285-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-285-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article

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20 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 20 Mar 2018

Sensitivity of the tropical climate to an interhemispheric thermal gradient: the role of tropical ocean dynamics

Stefanie Talento and Marcelo Barreiro

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RC1: 'Review of “Sensitivity of the tropical climate to an interhemispheric thermal gradient: the role of tropical ocean dynamics”', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee 1', Stefanie Talento, 01 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Sensitivity of the tropical climate to an interhemispheric thermal gradient: the role of tropical ocean dynamics"', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee 2', Stefanie Talento, 01 Feb 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Feb 2018) by Ben Kravitz

AR by Stefanie Talento on behalf of the Authors (02 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Feb 2018) by Ben Kravitz

AR by Stefanie Talento on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In a series of simulations, with models of different complexity, we analyse the role of the tropical ocean dynamics in the transmission of information when an extratropical thermal forcing is imposed. In terms of annual means we find that the tropical ocean dynamics oppose the remote extratropical signal. However, changes in the sea surface temperature seasonal cycle in the equatorial Pacific Ocean become significant only once the tropical ocean dynamics are incorporated.