PowerPoint Presentation - Stochastic Forcing of Ocean Variability by the North Atlantic Oscillation

Observability and Stochastic Optimals (SOs)

Entire forcing space Dimension ~ 105

For T~10-90 days, 1st Stochastic Optimal

accounts for ~65% of variance

Forcing

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Forcing

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Covariance

at t=0

Forcing

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Forcing

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Covariance

at t=T