https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/391975
Title: | An analysis of the linkage of pacific subtropical cells with the recharge-discharge processes in ENSO evolution | Authors: | Chen, H.-C. CHUNG-HSIUNG SUI Tseng, Y.-H. Huang, B. |
Keywords: | ENSO; Interannual variability | Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal Volume: | 28 | Journal Issue: | 9 | Start page/Pages: | 3786-3805 | Source: | Journal of Climate | Abstract: | The Simple Ocean Data Assimilation, version 2.2.4 (SODA 2.2.4), analysis for the period of 1960-2010 is used to study the variability of Pacific subtropical cells (STCs) and its causal relation with tropical climate variability. Results show that the interior STC transport into the equatorial basin through 9°S and 9°N is well connected with equatorial sea surface temperature (SST) (9°S-9°N, 180°-90°W). The highest correlation at interannual time scales is contributed by the western interior STC transport within 160°E and 130°W. It is known that the ENSO recharge-discharge cycle experiences five stages: the recharging stage, recharged stage, warmest SST stage, discharging stage, and discharged stage. A correlation analysis of interior STC transport convergence, equatorial warm water volume (WWV), wind stress curl, and SST identifies the time intervals between the five stages, which are 8, 10, 2, and 8 months, respectively. A composite analysis for El Niño-developing and La Niña-developing events is also performed. The composited ENSO evolutions are in accordance with the recharge-discharge theory and the corresponding time lags between the above denoted five stages are 4-12, 6, 2, and 4 months, respectively. For stronger El Niño events, the discharge due to interior STC transport at 9°N terminates earlier than that at 9°S because of the southward migration of westerly winds following the El Niño peak phase. This study clarifies subsurface transport processes and their time intervals, which are useful for refinement of theoretical models and for evaluating coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model results. © 2015 American Meteorological Society. |
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DOI: | 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00134.1 | SDG/Keyword: | Atmospheric temperature; Climate change; Climatology; Nickel; Surface waters; Tropics; Correlation analysis; ENSO; Interannual time scale; Interannual variability; Ocean atmosphere general circulation models; Sea surface temperature (SST); Simple ocean data assimilations; Subsurface transport; Oceanography; air-sea interaction; annual variation; atmosphere-ocean coupling; atmospheric general circulation model; discharge; El Nino; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; La Nina; oceanic general circulation model; recharge; sea surface temperature; tropical meteorology; Pacific Ocean |
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