The global climate of September-November 1990: ENSO-like warming in the western Pacifc and strong ozone depletion over Antarctica

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of Climate; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1993)006<1375:TGCOSN>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:5522572

Mo, K C ^[1]

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1. NOAA, Washington, DC (United States)

During the September-November (SON) 1990 season, some conditions continued to evolve toward an ENSO warm episode in the tropical western Pacific. Sea surface temperature anomalies were found in the central equatorial Pacific and the oceanic thermocline along the equator remained deeper than normal. However, seasonal mean convection did not show any characteristics of a warm episode. For the third straight season, above-normal temperatures were observed over much of the land mass in the Northern hemisphere. In the Antarctic stratosphere, ozone depletion in the polar region was the second largest since 1958. 10 refs., 20 figs., 1 tab.

• OSTI ID: 5522572
• Journal Information: Journal of Climate; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Climate; (United States) Vol. 6:7; ISSN JLCLEL; ISSN 0894-8755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540110*
540310 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ANTARCTICA
CLIMATES
CRYOSPHERE
GLOBAL ASPECTS
LAYERS
OZONE LAYER
POLAR REGIONS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
TROPICAL REGIONS
VARIATIONS