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contributor authorCiasto, Laura M.
contributor authorSimpkins, Graham R.
contributor authorEngland, Matthew H.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:10:53Z
date available2017-06-09T17:10:53Z
date copyright2015/01/01
date issued2014
identifier issn0894-8755
identifier otherams-80681.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4223599
description abstracteleconnections from tropical Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies to the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) are examined using observations and reanalysis. Analysis of tropical Pacific SST anomalies is conducted separately for the central Pacific (CP) and eastern Pacific (EP) regions. During the austral cold season, extratropical SH atmospheric Rossby wave train patterns are observed in association with both EP and CP SST variability. The primary difference between the patterns is the westward displacement of the CP-related atmospheric anomalies, consistent with the westward elongation of CP-related convective SST required for upper-level divergence and Rossby wave generation. Consequently, CP-related patterns of SH SST, Antarctic sea ice, and temperature anomalies also exhibit a westward displacement, but otherwise, the cold season extratropical SH teleconnections are largely similar. During the warm season, however, extratropical SH teleconnections associated with tropical CP and EP SST anomalies differ substantially. EP SST variability is linked to largely zonally symmetric structures in the extratropical atmospheric circulation, which projects onto the southern annular mode (SAM), and is strongly related to the SH temperature and sea ice fields. In contrast, CP SST variability is only weakly related to the SH atmospheric circulation, temperature, or sea ice fields and no longer exhibits any clear association with the SAM. One hypothesized mechanism suggests that the relatively weak CP-related SST anomalies are not able to substantially impact the background flow of the subtropical jet and its subsequent interaction with equatorward-propagating waves associated with variability in the SAM. However, there is currently no widely established mechanism that links tropical Pacific SST anomalies to the SAM.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleTeleconnections between Tropical Pacific SST Anomalies and Extratropical Southern Hemisphere Climate
typeJournal Paper
journal volume28
journal issue1
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00438.1
journal fristpage56
journal lastpage65
treeJournal of Climate:;2014:;volume( 028 ):;issue: 001
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