El Niño–Southern Oscillation Evolution Modulated by Atlantic Forcing

Chikamoto, Y.; Johnson, Z. F.; Wang, S. ‐Y.  Simon; McPhaden, M. J.; Mochizuki, T.

doi:10.1029/2020jc016318

Title: El Niño–Southern Oscillation Evolution Modulated by Atlantic Forcing

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016318· OSTI ID:1803070

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Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seattle, WA (United States). Pacific Marine Environmental Lab. (PMEL)
Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan); Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama (Japan)

Abstract The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) exerts a strong influence on tropical Atlantic variability, but it is also affected by Atlantic forcing. Previous research has proposed three Atlantic precursors for ENSO: the North tropical Atlantic, the equatorial Atlantic, and the entire tropical Atlantic. However, the relative importance of these Atlantic precursors for ENSO remains unclear. Here, we present evidence from a set of multimodel partial ocean assimilation experiments that equatorial Atlantic cooling is the main contributor for weakening equatorial zonal winds in the Indo‐Pacific sector and subsequent ocean warming in the tropical Pacific. Opposite tendencies occur for a warmer equatorial Atlantic. The equatorial Atlantic affects the interbasin climate seesaw between the Atlantic and Pacific through an atmospheric zonal Wavenumber 1 pattern. However, model mean state biases and systematic errors prevent a precise assessment of the response times for the equatorial Pacific trade winds to Atlantic forcing.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016605; DE‐SC0016605

OSTI ID:: 1803070

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1647514

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, Vol. 125, Issue 8; ISSN 2169-9275

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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