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RISEvolution of the 2002/03 El Niño*
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An El Niño of moderate intensity developed in the tropical Pacific in 2002/03. This event, though not as strong as the 1997/98 El Niño, had significant impacts on patterns of weather variability worldwide. The evolution ...
Continuously Stratified Models of the Steady-State Equatorial Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Two linearized, vertically diffusive steady-state models are formulated on an equatorial ?-plane. The purpose is (a) to investigate the vertical boundary-layer structure in a continuously stratified ocean spanning the ...
Mixed Layer Temperature Balance on Intraseasonal Timescales in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to document the zonal evolution of processes affecting sea surface temperature (SST) variability on intraseasonal timescales in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Data primarily from the Tropical ...
On the Dynamics of Equatorial Subsurface Countercurrents
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The equatorial subsurface countercurrents (SSCC are strong, steady, geostrophically balanced eastward flows situated below the high speed core of the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) at ?3?5°N and S. The dynamics of these ...
Why Has the Relationship between Indian and Pacific Ocean Decadal Variability Changed in Recent Decades?
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractBoth the Indian and Pacific Oceans exhibit prominent decadal time scale variations in sea surface temperature (SST), linked dynamically via atmospheric and oceanic processes. However, the relationship between SST ...
Eastern Equatorial Pacific Forcing of ENSO Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Previous studies have described the impacts of wind stress variations in the eastern Pacific on sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies associated with the El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. However, these ...
The Effects of External Forcing and Internal Variability on the Formation of Interhemispheric Sea Surface Temperature Gradient Trends in the Indian Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractA striking trend of the Indian Ocean interhemispheric gradient in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) developed during the recent global warming hiatus. The contributions of external forcing and internal variability ...
Impact of Saharan Dust on Tropical North Atlantic SST
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A combination of satellite and in situ datasets is used to investigate the impact of interannual changes in atmospheric dust content on the sea surface temperature (SST) of the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Throughout ...
Impact of Barrier Layer Thickness on SST in the Central Tropical North Atlantic
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Measurements from three long-term moored buoys are used to investigate the impact of barrier layer thickness (BLT) on the seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature (SST) in the central tropical North Atlantic Ocean. It is ...
Diurnal Cycle of Internal Wave Variability in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean: Results from Moored Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A diurnal cycle in temperature and vertical displacement variance has been observed in the stratified region below the surface mixed layer using moored time-series data at 0°, 140°W for there periods: November 1984, April ...