Bjerknes Compensation

What is Bjerknes Compensation? How does it change under global warming?

The Bjerknes compensation (BJC) refers to the tendency for changes in the atmosphere heat transport (AHT) and ocean heat transport (OHT) to compensate each other. But why?



Publications

Journal Articles

  1. NCC
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    The transient response of atmospheric and oceanic heat transports to anthropogenic warming
    Chengfei He, Zhengyu Liu, and Aixue Hu
    Nature Climate Change, 2019
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  2. JCLI
    A theory for Bjerknes compensation: The role of climate feedback
    Zhengyu Liu, Haijun Yang, Chengfei He, and Yingying Zhao
    Journal of Climate, 2016
  3. JCLI
    Local and remote responses of atmospheric and oceanic heat transports to climate forcing: Compensation versus collaboration
    Zhengyu Liu, Chengfei He, and Feiyu Lu
    Journal of Climate, 2018