Abstract: A revisit on observations shows that the tropical El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability, after removing both the long-term trend and decadal variation of the background climate, has been enhanced by as much as ...

Abstract: The thermocline depth is defined as the depth of the maximum vertical temperature gradient. In the equatorial Pacific, the depth of 20°C isotherm is widely used to represent the thermocline depth. This work proposes that ...

Abstract: The full spectrum of basin modes in a tropical?extratropical basin is studied comprehensively in a linear shallow-water system. Two sets of least-damped basin modes are identified. At the low-frequency end is the planetary ...

Abstract: he tropical oceanic response to the extratropical thermal forcing is quantitatively estimated in a coupled climate model. This work focuses on comparison of the responses between the tropical Atlantic and Pacific. Under ...

Abstract: Dynamics of the seasonal cycle of sea surface height (SSH) in the South China Sea (SCS) are studied using observations as well as numerical and theoretical models. Seasonal variability of the SCS is interpreted in light ...

Abstract: The evolution of decadal subduction temperature anomalies in the subtropical North Pacific is studied using a simple and a complex ocean model. It is found that the amplitude of the temperature anomaly decays faster than ...

Abstract: Oceanic response to stochastic wind forcing is studied in a tropical?extratropical basin using two shallow water models: a periodically forced model and a time-forward model. Consistent with theory, extratropical stochastic ...

Abstract: The equatorial thermocline variability in the Pacific in response to the extratropical thermal and wind forcings is investigated with an ocean general circulation model [Modular Ocean Model, version 3 (MOM3)]. Sensitivity ...

Abstract: coupled box model is used to study the compensation between atmosphere and ocean heat transports. An analytical solution to the Bjerknes compensation (BJC) rate, defined as the ratio of anomalous atmosphere heat transport ...