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2010 CMOS-CGU Congress
TOBY AULT
OCEAN
LAND
Precipitation has a power spectra that often resembles white noise


                                      precipitation




                                                            ENSO
                 SSTs
IS PRECIPITATION EVER RED?
CRU TS2.1/GHCN
Using singular spectral analysis
   to decompose precipitation records




Ault and St. George, Journal of Climate, 2010
Decadal
Multidecadal      Interannual




Secular
                     Noise
Decadal
Multidecadal      Interannual




Secular
                     Noise
GEOGRAPHY MATTERS
Decadal ‘hotspots’ in winter precipitation




0%   10%              20%               30% variance
Ault and St. George, Journal of Climate, 2010
SPATIAL SMOOTHING


Ault and St. George, Journal of Climate, 2010
Decadal variability synchronizes rainfall, streamflow and hazards in northern California




Ault and St. George, Journal of Climate, 2010
characteristics of D2M ‘hotspots’

     ✘  Not correlated with major modes

     ✘ Do not track SST anomalies
     ✘ Are not synchronized with each other
D2M power is greatest in the ENSO-PDO ‘null’




Ault and St. George, Journal of Climate, 2010
TEMPORAL STABILITY
Regional tree-ring records




St. George and Ault, unpublished
Tree rings indicate strong decadal behavior is restricted to 20th century




St. George and Ault, unpublished
GEOGRAPHY MATTERS
the strength of decadal and multidecadal behavior in
precipitation varies seasonally and across North America
PATTERNS DISTINCT FROM O-A MODES
Exceptionally strong decadal or multidecadal behavior in
terrestrial precipitation does not appear to be linearly
related to the ‘usual suspects’ of major climate modes.
STRONG ≠ FORCED?
Even for regions with exceptionally strong decadal
patterns, we cannot rule out the possibility that this
behavior is caused by processes with an underlying
white spectrum.
2010 CMOS-CGU Congress

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