El Nino-southern oscillation displacements of the western equatorial Pacific warm pool
Journal Article
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· Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle (United States)
- Inst. Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Co-operation, Noumea (France)
The western equatorial Pacific warm pool (sea-surface temperatures >29C) was observed to migrate eastward across the date line during the 1986-1987 El Nino-Southern Oscillation event. Direct velocity measurements made in the upper ocean from 1986 to 1988 indicate that this migration was associated with a prolonged reversal in the South Equatorial Current forced by a large-scale relaxation of the trade winds. The data suggest that wind-forced zonal advection plays an important role in the thermodynamics of the western Pacific warm pool on interannual time scales.
- OSTI ID:
- 5914103
- Journal Information:
- Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 250:4986; ISSN SCIEA; ISSN 0036-8075
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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