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DOI | 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0722.1 |
The South Pacific Meridional Mode as a Thermally Driven Source of ENSO Amplitude Modulation and Uncertainty | |
Larson, Sarah M.1,2; Pegion, Kathy V.3; Kirtman, Ben P.4 | |
2018-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF CLIMATE |
ISSN | 0894-8755 |
EISSN | 1520-0442 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 31期号:13页码:5127-5145 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | This study seeks to identify thermally driven sources of ENSO amplitude and uncertainty, as they are relatively unexplored compared to wind-driven sources. Pacific meridional modes are argued to be wind triggers for ENSO events. This study offers an alternative role for the South Pacific meridional mode (SPMM) in ENSO dynamics, not as an ENSO trigger, but as a coincident source of latent heat flux (LHF) forcing of ENSO SSTA that, if correctly (incorrectly) predicted, could reduce (increase) ENSO prediction errors. We utilize a coupled model simulation in which ENSO variability is perfectly periodic and each El Nino experiences identical wind stress forcing. Differences in El Nino amplitude are primarily thermally driven via the SPMM. When El Nino occurs coincidentally with positive phase SPMM, the positive SPMM LHF anomaly counteracts a fraction of the LHF damping of El Nino, allowing for a more intense El Nino. If the SPMM phase is instead negative, the SPMM LHF amplifies the LHF damping of El Nino, reducing the event's amplitude. Therefore, SPMM LHF anomalies may either constructively or destructively interfere with coincident ENSO events, thus modulating the amplitude of ENSO. The ocean also plays a role, as the thermally forced SSTA is then advected westward by the mean zonal velocity, generating a warming or cooling in the ENSO SSTA tendency in addition to the wind-forced component. Results suggest that in addition to wind-driven sources, there exists a thermally driven piece to ENSO amplitude and uncertainty that is generally overlooked. Links between the SPMM and Pacific decadal variability are discussed. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000437827700010 |
WOS关键词 | WESTERLY WIND BURSTS ; SEASONAL FOOTPRINTING MECHANISM ; AMERICAN MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLE ; GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODELS ; TO-INTERANNUAL PREDICTION ; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC ; CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL ; EL-NINO ; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC ; COUPLED MODEL |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/19584 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Wisconsin, Atmospher & Ocean Sci Dept, Madison, WI 53706 USA; 2.Univ Wisconsin, Nelson Inst, Ctr Climat Res, Madison, WI 53706 USA; 3.George Mason Univ, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Earth Sci, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA; 4.Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Larson, Sarah M.,Pegion, Kathy V.,Kirtman, Ben P.. The South Pacific Meridional Mode as a Thermally Driven Source of ENSO Amplitude Modulation and Uncertainty[J]. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,2018,31(13):5127-5145. |
APA | Larson, Sarah M.,Pegion, Kathy V.,&Kirtman, Ben P..(2018).The South Pacific Meridional Mode as a Thermally Driven Source of ENSO Amplitude Modulation and Uncertainty.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,31(13),5127-5145. |
MLA | Larson, Sarah M.,et al."The South Pacific Meridional Mode as a Thermally Driven Source of ENSO Amplitude Modulation and Uncertainty".JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 31.13(2018):5127-5145. |
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