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RISObservations of Interannual Equatorial Freshwater Jets in the Western Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: bservations of TRITON moored array salinity and temperature in the very wet western equatorial Pacific at 137°E, 147°E, and 156°E since the late 1990s reveal the importance of rainfall to the interannual flow and El ...
On the Dynamical Relationship between Equatorial Pacific Surface Currents, Zonally Averaged Equatorial Sea Level, and El Niño Prediction
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: revious work has shown that for large zonal scales and low frequencies, wind-forced sea level, even near the equator, can be described by wind-forced long Rossby waves. In the eastern equatorial Pacific where the interannual ...
On the Physics of the Warm Water Volume and El Niño/La Niña Predictability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractPrevious work has shown that warm water volume (WWV), usually defined as the volume of equatorial Pacific warm water above the 20°C isotherm between 5°S and 5°N, leads El Niño. In contrast to previous discharge?recharge ...
Upper-Ocean Response to the Super Tropical Cyclone Phailin (2013) over the Freshwater Region of the Bay of Bengal
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThis study investigates the impact of salinity stratification on the upper-ocean response to a category 5 tropical cyclone, Phailin, that crossed the northern Bay of Bengal (BOB) from 8 to 13 October 2013. A drastic ...
Determination of Spatiotemporal Variability of the Indian Equatorial Intermediate Current
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Using 4-yr mooring observations and ocean circulation model experiments, this study characterizes the spatial and temporal variability of the Equatorial Intermediate Current (EIC; 200–1200 m) in the Indian Ocean and ...
Baroclinic Characteristics and Energetics of Annual Rossby Waves in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The first baroclinic mode Rossby wave is known to be of critical importance to the annual sea level variability in the southern tropical Indian Ocean (STIO; 0°–20°S, 50°–115°E). In this study, an analysis of continuously ...