ENSO Processes

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Metric collection "El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) processes in historical simulations"

Description

This metric collection evaluates climate models for processes leading to ENSO.

Common properties

Pre-processing of data:

detrending: linear
frequency: monthly
minimum length of simulation: 100 years

Metrics list

Time-mean climate (RMSE):

Zonal mean equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) (eq_SST_bias)
Zonal mean equatorial Pacific zonal wind stress (Taux) (eq_Taux_bias)

ENSO pattern (RMSE):

Zonal SSTA during ENSO (ENSO_pattern)

ENSO properties (absolute value of the relative difference):

ENSO amplitude (ENSO_amplitude)
ENSO seasonal timing (ENSO_easonality)
ENSO skewness (ENSO_asymmetry)

ENSO feedbacks (absolute value of the relative difference):

SST-Taux feedback (SST-Taux_feedback)
Taux-SSH feedback (Taux-SSH_feedback)
SSH-SST feedback (SSH-SST_feedback)
SST-NHF feedback (SST-NHF_feedback)

Are oceanic processes controling ENSO? (absolute value of the relative difference):

Proportion of oceanic processes leading to ENSO (ocean_driven_SST)