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A teleconnection between Atlantic sea surface temperature and eastern and central North Pacific tropical cyclones

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071965· OSTI ID:1581157
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  3. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Ocean Univ. of China, Qingdao (China)
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The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major source of seasonal tropical cyclone (TC) predictability in both local and remote ocean basins. Unusually warm eastern-central equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) during El Niño tends to enhance eastern and central North Pacific (ECNP) TCs and suppress Atlantic TCs. Here in this paper, we demonstrate that Atlantic SST variability likewise influences remote TC activity in the eastern-central Pacific through a Walker Circulation-type response analogous to the ENSO-Atlantic TC teleconnection, using observations and 27 km resolution tropical channel model (TCM) simulations. Observed and simulated ECNP TC activity is reduced during the positive Atlantic Meridional Mode (AMM), which is characterized by warm northern and cool southern tropical Atlantic SST anomalies, and vice versa during the negative AMM. Large ensembles of TCM simulations indicate that SST variability, rather than internal atmospheric variability, drives extreme ECNP hurricane seasons.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1581157
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 44; ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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