Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model

A Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model simulates how the ocean and atmosphere interact to influence weather and climate. It combines separate models of the ocean’s currents and temperatures with those of the atmosphere’s winds and temperatures into a single system. This integration allows scientists to better understand and predict phenomena like El Niño or hurricanes, as changes in one part of the system affect the other. By capturing these complex interactions, coupled models provide more accurate forecasts of short-term weather and long-term climate trends than models that consider the ocean and atmosphere separately.