A steady-state barotropic model, linearized about a GCM-derived 500 hPa basic state, is driven by a sample of \"observed\" forcing fields. lt tums out that the leading mode (LEOF) obtained from the sample of linear solutions matches weil with the leading EOF of low-frequency atmospheric variability actually occurring in the GCM. The response ofthe linear model is analysed in tenns of the singular modes of the model\'s linear operator. lt is found that about 50 percent ofthe spatial variance of the LEOF can be explained in tenns of the leading two singular modes. This finding is reflected also in the linear barotropic energy balance of the LEOF which shows that the mode is maintained through nearly equal contributions from i) the kinetic energy conversion of basic state kinetic energy (which is primarily due to the action of the singular modes) and ii) the forcing. The linear simulation of the GCM EOF fails if the linear model is linearized about a 300 hPa basic. This is explained by the fact that in this case the structure of the leading singular modes, which have a strong impact on the linear response, is much more dissimilar to the structure of the GCM EOF than in the 500 hPa case. / Ein stationäres barotropes Modell, das bezüglich eines (aus einem GCM Experiment abgeleiteten) 500 hPa Grundzustandes linearisiert ist, wird für einen Satz von "beobachteten" Antriebsfeldern gelöst. Dabei zeigt sich, daß die führende Mode der langperiodischen atmosphärischen Variabilität (EOF) im GCM Experiment durch das lineare Modell sehr gut simuliert wird. Weiterhin stellt sich heraus, daß hierfür die Antriebsfelder und die singulären Moden des linearen Modelloperators die gleiche Bedeutung besitzen. Auf die Wichtigkeit der Anwendung des Modells bezüglich des äquivalentbarotropen Niveaus wird hingewiesen.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2003--München.

A steady-state barotropic model, linearized about a GCM-derived 500 hPa basic state, is driven by a sample of \'observed\' forcing fields. lt tums out that the leading mode (LEOF) obtained from the sample of linear solutions matches weil with the leading EOF of low-frequency atmospheric variability actually occurring in the GCM. The response ofthe linear model is analysed in tenns of the singular modes of the model\''s linear operator. lt is found that about 50 percent ofthe spatial variance of the LEOF can be explained in tenns of the leading two singular modes. This finding is reflected also in the linear barotropic energy balance of the LEOF which shows that the mode is maintained through nearly equal contributions from i) the kinetic energy conversion of basic state kinetic energy (which is primarily due to the action of the singular modes) and ii) the forcing. The linear simulation of the GCM EOF fails if the linear model is linearized about a 300 hPa basic. This is explained by the fact that in this case the structure of the leading singular modes, which have a strong impact on the linear response, is much more dissimilar to the structure of the GCM EOF than in the 500 hPa case. / Ein stationäres barotropes Modell, das bezüglich eines (aus einem GCM Experiment abgeleiteten) 500 hPa Grundzustandes linearisiert ist, wird für einen Satz von 'beobachteten' Antriebsfeldern gelöst. Dabei zeigt sich, daß die führende Mode der langperiodischen atmosphärischen Variabilität (EOF) im GCM Experiment durch das lineare Modell sehr gut simuliert wird. Weiterhin stellt sich heraus, daß hierfür die Antriebsfelder und die singulären Moden des linearen Modelloperators die gleiche Bedeutung besitzen. Auf die Wichtigkeit der Anwendung des Modells bezüglich des äquivalentbarotropen Niveaus wird hingewiesen.