Abstract: Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain interannual changes in equatorial water temperatures. It is shown that many of these hypotheses can be tested by expressing them in terms of a statistical-dynamical model ...

Abstract: Long-range Naval aircraft using AXBT's obtained meridional temperature sections from the central Pacific Ocean along 158 and 170°W between 30 and 50°N at approximately monthly intervals between November 1974 and April 1977 ...

Abstract: Advanced statistical techniques have been used to conduct a study of the relationships between ocean and atmosphere variables in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The results of the study show that the ocean variables can hindcast ...

Abstract: A statistical study suggests that sea surface temperatures (SST) anomalies in the Pacific can be used to forecast subsequent changes in surface air temperature anomaly over North America. The SST's generally produce higher ...

Abstract: Analysis of a near-global sea level pressure (SLP) data set for the period 1951-80 was carried out in terms of complex empirical orthogonal function A large-scale, propagating SLP signal was discovered that seems to include ...

Abstract: The time history of the Monsoon System over the Indian Ocean has been developed from ship observations and merged with the Wyrtki-Meyers Pacific Trade Wind field. The interaction of these two massive wind systems has been ...

Abstract: A limited comparison over the Northern Hemisphere oceans has been made between sea surface temperatures obtained from ?Marine lkcks,? air temperatures over the ocean obtained from the same decks, and the historical file ...

Abstract: This is the second of three papers describing the interaction between the Monsoon System and the Pacific Trade Wind fields. The current study concentrates on the tropical band within ±30° of the equator, an earlier study ...

Abstract: Studies of surface wind fields, sea surface temperature (SST), precipitation and sea level pressure in the tropical band extending ±30° of the equator from Africa to South America led to the following conclusions. The ...

Abstract: Results of a recent study show eastward propagation of information in the low-frequency variations of the tropical sea-level pressure (SLP) field. The current work extends that analysis to investigate the vertical structure ...