title: 1/f model for long-time memory of the ocean surface temperature.
abstract: The 1/f spectrum of the ocean surface temperature in the Atlantic and Pacific midlatitudes is explained by a simple vertical diffusion model with a shallow mixed layer on top of a deep ocean. The model is forced at the air-sea interface with the total surface heat flux from a 1000 year climate simulation. The analysis reveals the role of ocean advection and substantiates estimates of internal thermal diffusivities.
authors.affiliation: Meteorologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fraedrich
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Luksch
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blender