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Group 5. Bojariu, Roxana National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania Srnec, Lidija Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia Velea, Liliana National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania.
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Group 5 • Bojariu, Roxana National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania • Srnec, Lidija Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia • Velea, Liliana National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania
Sensitivity of the local response over Europe to extreme NAO phases
Motivation • NAO • It’s a dominant circulation pattern in the Northern Hemisphere winter. • It’s a source of predictability for the European regions. • It has socio-economic impacts (e.g. power and water management, marine ecosystem resources, agriculture)
Questions: • Does the model represent the NAO signal? • What is the effect of ocean flux parameterization scheme on the simulated NAO signal?
Experiment design • Domain: 80x70x18 46N,8E • Period of simulations: January 1995 (CRU NAO index=+2.7) January 1996 (CRU NAO index=-3.71) • Data: ECMWF NCEP2 CRU • Ocean flux scheme: Zeng BATS
DIFFERENCE PRECIPITATION (COMPOSITES) 95-96(NCEP2)CRU NCEP2
DIFFERENCE TEMPERATURE (COMPOSITES) 95-96(NCEP2)CRU NCEP2
Preliminary conclusions • Local features of the NAO-type patterns are well represented. • Relevant local responses due to topography are identified. • Zeng ocean flux parameterization scheme seems to be more realistic in precipitation field, but the differences are not pronounced.
Follow up • Extended simulation interval • More analysis methods