https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/397553
標題: | An ENSO prediction approach based on ocean conditions and ocean–atmosphere coupling | 作者: | Tseng, Y.-H. Hu, Z.-Z. Ding, R. Chen, H.-C. YU-HENG TSENG |
關鍵字: | ENSO prediction; North Pacific; Tropical atmosphere ocean (TAO) array | 公開日期: | 2016 | 起(迄)頁: | 1-20 | 來源出版物: | Climate Dynamics | 摘要: | A simple statistical model for the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) prediction is derived based on the evolution of the ocean heat condition and the oceanic Kelvin wave propagation associated with westerly wind events (WWEs) and easterly wind surges (EWSs) in the tropical Pacific. The multivariate linear regression model solely relies on the pentad thermocline depth anomaly evolution in 25 days along with the zonal surface wind modulation. It successfully hindcasts all ENSOs except for the 2000/01 La Niña, using the pentad (or monthly) mean tropical atmosphere ocean array data since 1994 with an averaged skill (measured by anomaly correlation) of 0.62 (or 0.67) with a 6-month lead. The exception is mainly due to the long-lasting cold sea surface temperature anomalies in the subtropics resulting from the strong 1998/99 La Niña, even though the tropical warm water volume (WWV) had rebounded and turned phases after 2000. We also note that the hindcast skill is comparable using pentad or monthly mean NCEP global ocean data assimilation system data for the same time period. The hindcast skill of the proposed statistical model is better than that based on the WWV index in terms of the monthly correlation, normalized RMSEs and ENSO occurrences, which suggest that including the evolution of the subsurface ocean temperature anomaly and the WWEs/EWSs in the central tropical Pacific can enhance the ability to predict ENSO. The hindcast skill is also comparable to the predictions using other dynamical and statistical models, indicating that these processes are the keys to ENSO development. The dynamics behind the statistical model are consistent with the physical processes of ENSO development as follows: the tropical WWV resulting from the interannually-varying meridional subtropical cell transport provides a sufficient heat source. When the seasonal phase lock of ocean–atmosphere coupling triggers the positive (negative) zonal wind anomaly in boreal summer and fall, an El Niño (a La Niña) will develop as evidenced by the Kelvin wave propagation. The triggering dynamic may be suppressed or enhanced by the influence of extratropical Pacific sea surface temperature. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. |
URI: | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969993130&partnerID=MN8TOARS http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/397553 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00382-016-3188-2 | SDG/關鍵字: | air-sea interaction; atmosphere-ocean coupling; climate prediction; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; Kelvin wave; sea surface temperature; surface wind; temperature anomaly; thermocline; wave propagation; zonal wind; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Ocean (North) |
顯示於: | 海洋研究所 |
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