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Evaluation of ENSO simulations in CMIP5 models: A new perspective based on percolation phase transition in complex networks.

ABSTRACT: In this study, the performance of CMIP5 models in simulating the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is evaluated by using a new metric based on percolation theory. The surface air temperatures (SATs) over the tropical Pacific Ocean are constructed as a SAT network, and the nodes within the network are linked if they are highly connected (e.g., high correlations). It has been confirmed from reanalysis datasets that the SAT network undergoes an abrupt percolation phase transition when the influences of the sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) below are strong enough. However, from simulations of the CMIP5 models, most models are found incapable of capturing the observed phase transition at a proper critical point Pc. For the 15 considered models, four even miss the phase transition, indicating that the simulated SAT network is too stable to be significantly changed by the SSTA below. Only four models can be considered cautiously with some skills in simulating the observed phase transition of the SAT network. By comparing the simulated SSTA patterns with the node vulnerabilities, which is the chance of each node being isolated during a ENSO event, we find that the improperly simulated sea-air interactions are responsible for the missing of the observed percolation phase transition. Accordingly, a careful study of the sea-air couplers, as well as the atmospheric components of the CMIP5 models is suggested. Since the percolation phase transition of the SAT network is a useful phenomenon to indicate whether the ENSO impacts can be transferred remotely, it deserves more attention for future model development.

SUBMITTER: Lu Z

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6175830 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Evaluation of ENSO simulations in CMIP5 models: A new perspective based on percolation phase transition in complex networks.

Lu Zhenghui Z Fu Zuntao Z Hua Lijuan L Yuan Naiming N Chen Lin L

Scientific reports 20181008 1

In this study, the performance of CMIP5 models in simulating the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is evaluated by using a new metric based on percolation theory. The surface air temperatures (SATs) over the tropical Pacific Ocean are constructed as a SAT network, and the nodes within the network are linked if they are highly connected (e.g., high correlations). It has been confirmed from reanalysis datasets that the SAT network undergoes an abrupt percolation phase transition when the influen ...[more]

PMID: 30297888

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