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RISImportance of the Salinity Barrier Layer for the Buildup of El Niño
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Several studies using sea level observations and coupled models have shown that heat buildup in the western equatorial Pacific is a necessary condition for a major El Niño to develop. However, none of these studies has ...
Vertical Structure of an OGCM Simulation of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean in 1985–94
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The vertical structure of the variability in the equatorial Pacific in a high-resolution ocean general circulation model (OGCM) simulation for 1985?94 is investigated. Near the equator the linear vertical modes are estimated ...
Retrospective Analysis of the Salinity Variability in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean Using an Indirect Minimization Approach
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Empirical orthogonal functions of the combined variability of temperature and salinity have been used as basis functions for the indirect reconstruction of salinity from observations of temperature alone. The method employs ...
Zonal Jets Entering the Coral Sea
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The South Equatorial Current (SEC) entering the Coral Sea through the gap between New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands was observed by an autonomous underwater vehicle (Spray glider) and an overlapping oceanographic cruise ...