DOI: 10.1002/grl.50571
论文题名: The Pacific Meridional Mode as a trigger for ENSO in a high-resolution coupled model
作者: Larson S. ; Kirtman B.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-8893
EISSN: 1944-8624
出版年: 2013
卷: 40, 期: 12 起始页码: 3189
结束页码: 3194
语种: 英语
英文关键词: ENSO
; ENSO precursors
; Pacific Meridional Mode
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric variability
; Climate variability
; Empirical orthogonal function analysis
; ENSO
; ENSO precursors
; Observational study
; Pacific Meridional Mode
; Westerly wind bursts
; Climatology
; Wind stress
; Tropics
; atmosphere-ocean coupling
; climate variation
; El Nino-Southern Oscillation
; meridional circulation
; westerly
; Pacific Ocean
; Pacific Ocean (Tropical)
; Pacific Ocean (West)
英文摘要: This study investigates El Niño precursors in a high-resolution version of CCSM3.5. First, using an Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis of all non-ENSO tropical Pacific variability, we find that the Pacific Meridional Mode (PMM) acts as an ENSO trigger 7-9 months prior to large El Niño events in the model, which is consistent with previous model and observational studies. However, because not every PMM event triggers an ENSO event, we also find that PMM appears to be an effective trigger when the western-to-central Pacific is preconditioned (i.e., anomalously high sea surface heights or heat content). Second, this study looks at the contribution of western Pacific variability, namely westerly wind bursts (WWBs), as well as all other non-ENSO variability in the tropical Pacific. We find that the relative importance of low-frequency climate variability associated with PMM dominates over other non-ENSO variability between 15°N and 15°S, including high-frequency atmospheric variability and WWBs, in acting as a precursor to El Niño events. Key Points The dominant non-ENSO variability in the tropical Pacific is PMM in a model PMM is an effective ENSO trigger when the equatorial Pacific is preconditioned Low frequency climate variability is the most important for the ENSO precursor ©2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84880540475&doi=10.1002%2fgrl.50571&partnerID=40&md5=8bfac2d13afe3d6cd4ec656d80c26775
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/6157
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作者单位: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Recommended Citation:
Larson S.,Kirtman B.. The Pacific Meridional Mode as a trigger for ENSO in a high-resolution coupled model[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2013-01-01,40(12).