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Title: Tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction, the Pacific cold tongue, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation

Abstract

The tropical Pacific basin allows strong feedbacks among the trade winds, equatorial zonal sea surface temperature contrast, and upper ocean heat content. Coupled atmosphere-ocean dynamics produce both the strong Pacific cold tongue climate state and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomenon. A simple paradigm of the tropical climate system is presented, capturing the basic physics of these two important aspects of the tropic Pacific and basic features of the climate states of the Atlantic and Indian ocean basins. 21 refs., 3 figs.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
430390
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 274; Journal Issue: 5284; Other Information: PBD: 4 Oct 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; TROPICAL REGIONS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION

Citation Formats

Jin, F F. Tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction, the Pacific cold tongue, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.1126/science.274.5284.76.
Jin, F F. Tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction, the Pacific cold tongue, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.274.5284.76
Jin, F F. 1996. "Tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction, the Pacific cold tongue, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.274.5284.76.
@article{osti_430390,
title = {Tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction, the Pacific cold tongue, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation},
author = {Jin, F F},
abstractNote = {The tropical Pacific basin allows strong feedbacks among the trade winds, equatorial zonal sea surface temperature contrast, and upper ocean heat content. Coupled atmosphere-ocean dynamics produce both the strong Pacific cold tongue climate state and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomenon. A simple paradigm of the tropical climate system is presented, capturing the basic physics of these two important aspects of the tropic Pacific and basic features of the climate states of the Atlantic and Indian ocean basins. 21 refs., 3 figs.},
doi = {10.1126/science.274.5284.76},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/430390}, journal = {Science},
number = 5284,
volume = 274,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}