DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0209.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85061784718
论文题名: Contributions of atmosphere-ocean interaction and low-frequency variation to intensity of strong El Niño events since 1979
作者: Li X. ; Hu Z.-Z. ; Huang B.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2019
卷: 32, 期: 5 起始页码: 1381
结束页码: 1394
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric thermodynamics
; Stream flow
; Surface waters
; Time measurement
; Atmosphere-ocean coupling
; Atmosphere-ocean interactions
; Atmospheric anomaly
; Different time scale
; Eastern equatorial Pacific
; Interannual time scale
; Low-frequency variations
; Sea surface temperature anomalies
; Oceanography
英文摘要: Evolutions of oceanic and atmospheric anomalies in the equatorial Pacific during four strong El Niños (1982/83, 1991/92, 1997/98, and 2015/16) since 1979 are compared. The contributions of the atmosphere-ocean coupling to El Niño-associated sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) are identified and their association with low-level winds as well as different time-scale variations is examined. Although overall SSTA in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific is strongest and comparable in the 1997/98 and 2015/16 El Niños, the associated subsurface ocean temperature as well as deep convection and surface wind stress anomalies in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific are weaker during 2015/16 than that during 1997/98. That may be associated with a variation of the wind-SST and wind-thermocline interactions. Both the wind-SST and wind-thermocline interactions play a less important role during 2015/16 than during 1997/98. Such differences are associated with the differences of the low-level westerly wind as well as the contribution of different time-scale variations in different events. Similar to the interannual time-scale variation, the intraseasonal- interseasonal time-scale component always has positive contributions to the intensity of all four strong El Niños. Interestingly, the role of the interdecadal-trend time-scale component varies with event. The contribution is negligible during the 1982/83 El Niño, negative during the 1997/98 El Niño, and positive during the 1991/92 and 2015/16 El Niños. Thus, in addition to the atmosphere-ocean coupling at intraseasonal to interannual time scales, interdecadal and longer time-scale variations may play an important and sometimes crucial role in determining the intensity of El Niño. © 2019, American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/117200
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Li X.,Hu Z.-Z.,Huang B.. Contributions of atmosphere-ocean interaction and low-frequency variation to intensity of strong El Niño events since 1979[J]. Journal of Climate,2019-01-01,32(5)