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海面变化记录中隐含着全球和区域变化的重要信息,对这些信号的分离、提取并揭示其变化特征,是深入理解海面变化机制的前提和基础.基于西北太平洋边缘海区10个验潮站1965～2005年月均验潮序列,利用二阶统计量盲源识别（SOBI）方法进行信号分离,结合EMD方法提取海面变化记录中ENSO信号,进而应用小波分析方法探讨了ENSO信号的时空分异特征.结果表明：各站位验潮序列记录了不同类型、不同强度ENSO事件,并表现出显著的时空分异特征,低纬海面对ENSO的响应明显较中高纬强烈;受洋流、地形等要素影响,海面变化对ENSO事件的记录存在型变;海面变化同样揭示了ENSO事件的尺度变化特征,自20世纪80年代以来,坎门以南各站位对ENSO的响应显著增强,其尺度从4年左右逐渐扩展到2～8年,反映了ENSO强度及频率的变化;海面变化记录的强ENSO事件发生前后,在特定尺度上出现相位的反向变化,支持了强ENSO事件的发生可能与尺度间相互耦合与叠加有关的研究结论. 相似文献
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利用NCEP/NCAR月平均再分析资料,研究了南半球夏季（12~2月）纬向平均环流的垂直结构异常及其与南极涛动（AAO）和ENSO的联系.结果表明,南半球夏季纬向平均［u］的异常分布的主要模态（EOF1）显示出极区、50°S~70°S、以及50°S以北的区间内“三极”型振荡.EOF1 既反映了AAO的特征又与ENSO有着显著的关系.由于AAO指数与Nino3区指数之间存在着统计相关,为进一步弄清AAO和ENSO在南半球纬向平均气流变动的相关分量及其结构,利用Nino3区指数使用一元回归方法滤除ENSO影响,再对剩下的部分作EOF分解,得到了独立于ENSO的纬向平均［u］的第一模态AEOF1.相关分析表明AEOF1为与AAO相对应的纬向平均［u］异常的分布.用南半球纬向平均［u］去掉其与AAO相联系的模态AEOF1,进行EOF分解得到的第一模SEOF1,其与Nino3 区指数的相关高达0.9.由此给出了纬向平均气流的变动与ENSO无关的模态和与ENSO有关的模态.时间变化分析表明,近30年中,除了年代际变化和3~7年的年际变化外,纬向平均的纬向基本气流尚有极地西风减弱、副极地西风加强、副热带西风减弱、热带东风加强的长期趋势. 相似文献
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热带太平洋海洋混合层水体振荡与ENSO循环 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
研究了热带太平洋温跃层和海面风应力年际变率主要模态及它们之间的相互作用, 探讨了ENSO循环的可能形成机制, 得到如下结果: (1)热带太平洋温跃层异常具以160°W为纵轴的东西向偶极子分布和以6~8°N为横轴的南北向跷跷板分布等两种主要模态, 两者(相位差90°)组合构成El Niño/La Niña循环, 表现为混合层水体(指温跃层界面之上海温垂直分布较均匀的上层海洋)在赤道与12°N之间的热带太平洋海盆内反时针三维振荡; (2)热带太平洋风应力异常具两种主要分布型, 第一特征向量场反映了热带太平洋信风异常导致的赤道太平洋异常纬向风应力及散度场与离赤道北太平洋异常越赤道风应力及反相散度场, 第二特征向量场反映了热带辐合带(ITCZ)异常导致的异常风应力及相应散度场; (3)信风异常对ENSO事件的形成、强度和相变都有决定性的作用, 它导致海面倾斜, 提供了混合层水体振荡初始位能, 同时造成赤道太平洋西部与东部之间和赤道太平洋与12°N北太平洋海盆之间温跃层同步反相位移, 限定了热带太平洋混合层水体振荡的振幅和路线. ITCZ异常主要对ENSO相变过程有一定影响; (4)热带西太平洋海洋热力异常导致海面风应力异常, 它伴随热带太平洋混合层水体振荡沿赤道由西向东扩展, 造成热带太平洋信风异常, 产生有利于水体振荡的异常风应力及散度场, 反过来进一步加强混合层水体振荡. 这一海气耦合过程与混合层水体振荡一起为ENSO循环提供了相变和年际记忆机制. 研究指出, ENSO循环实质上是由信风异常和海气耦合过程共同作用下产生的热带太平洋海洋混合层水体在赤道与12°N之间热带太平洋海盆内的惯性振荡. 海气耦合过程产生的作用力大于或等于水体运动阻力时, ENSO循环将加强或维持, 不足以克服水体运动阻力时, 水体振荡减小, ENSO循环将逐渐减弱, 直至中断. 相似文献
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地气角动量交换与ENSO循环 总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10
用1976～1989年的地球自转速度、赤道东太平洋海温和气压及大气角动量资料,研究了地气之间角动量交换与ENSO循环的关系结果表明:固体地球自转速度、赤道东太平洋海温、不同纬带及全球大气角动量之间存在着协同的变化关系;低纬局地海气相互作用通过Hadley环流可形成类似ENSO事件的循环;固体地球和全球海气相互作用通过山脉力矩和地转变速摩擦力矩形成了固体地球-海洋-大气系统中各个方面出现的非周期行为和非同步振荡;实际出现的ENSO循环是固海气相互作用反映在太平洋洋盆上的一种现象. 相似文献
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基于2004年1月至2010年12月期间的网格化Argo剖面资料,分析了西太平洋暖池的三维结构以及暖池体积的变化特征,并探讨了进出暖池的经、纬向流量变化及暖池暖水可能的维持机制．结果表明,西太平洋暖池最深可达120m,且由表层向下,面积逐渐缩小并向南倾斜（到100m,主体几乎全部位于赤道以南）．依水团结构计算,暖池体积约为1．86×10^15m^3．暖池体积的年变化呈明显的双峰结构,最大值分别出现在6月和10月;暖池体积的年际变化与ENSO事件相联系,其在ENSO年具有非常明显的体积变异．从多年平均的角度分析,纬向上进入暖池的暖水流量约52Sv,主要集中在暖池上层,且以东边界流入为主,而流出暖水约49Sv,主要集中在暖池中下层,且以西边界损耗为主．经向上流进暖池的暖水约28Sv,主要以南、北边界的上层为主,而从南、北边界流出暖池的暖水（总量约23Sv）在数值和各层次上不相上下．暖水进出暖池的季节和年际变化特征显示,暖池在纬向上以暖水损耗为主,而经向上则以获取暖水为主．暖池体积与进出暖池的暖水净流量在季节时间尺度上存在较强的相关性,不过二者在年际尺度上相关系数较低．然而,在年际时间尺度上,暖池在经向上的暖平流受到ENSO事件的影响要强于纬向,在2007年和2010年两次强LaNina事件中,经向各边界进出暖池的暖水净流量异于正常年份,从而影响暖池暖水的供应,使得暖池体积在ENSO事件中发生变异．虽然绝对地转流在赤道上是不成立的,而暖池的上层又是跨赤道的,但我们的分析结果仍然可以帮助人们对于西太平洋暖池暖水的流入和流出情况获得一定的认知． 相似文献
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在热带太平洋,观测数据表明海表叶绿素(Chl)表现出年际尺度变率和由热带不稳定波(TIW)引发的中小尺度扰动这两者的共存现象;两者通过海洋生物引发的加热(OBH)反馈对ENSO造成的联合影响尚未得到充分的表征和理解.本文利用一个混合型大气-海洋物理-生物地球化学耦合模式(HCM AOPB)来量化年际和TIW尺度上Chl扰动对ENSO的单独以及联合调制影响. HCM敏感性试验结果证实了两者对ENSO振幅存在相反的作用,其中大尺度Chl年际变率造成的海洋生物-气候反馈效应通过其对上层海洋层结和垂向混合的影响来减弱ENSO,而TIW尺度的Chl扰动则倾向于增强ENSO.气候模式中ENSO的模拟敏感地依赖于对不同尺度上Chl效应的表征方式,因此有必要在气候模式模拟中充分地考虑不同尺度上Chl引发的气候效应.本文揭示了热带太平洋Chl效应是气候模式中ENSO模拟的一个偏差源,可为不同尺度上热带太平洋气候系统与海洋生态系统间相互作用提供新的见解.这些结果也揭示了ENSO调制的复杂性:即热带太平洋海洋生物地球化学过程相关的年际和TIW尺度上的Chl扰动与物理过程间的相互作用可对ENSO产生协同效应. 相似文献
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南印度洋副热带偶极模（Subtropical Dipole Pattern,SDP）是印度洋存在的另一种很明显的偶极型海温差异现象,在年际和年代际尺度上均有十分明显的表现.而目前有关印度洋海气相互作用的研究主要集中在赤道印度洋地区,针对南印度洋地区的工作还比较少,特别是有关南印度洋海温与ENSO（El NiDo-Southern Oscillation）事件关系的研究.本文初步探讨了年际尺度上南印度洋副热带偶极型海温变化差异与ENSO事件的关系,发现SDP与ENSO事件有密切的联系,SDP事件就像连接正负ENSO位相转换的一个中间环节,SDP事件前后期ENSO的位相刚好完全相反.进一步,本文通过分析SDP事件前后期海温、高低层风、低层辐合辐散、高空云量和辐射等的变化特征研究了南印度洋偶极型海温异常在ENSO事件中的作用,结果表明：SDP在ENSO事件中的作用不仅涉及海气相互作用的正负反馈过程,还与热带和副热带大气环流之间的相互作用有关,特别是与东南印度洋海温变化所引起的异常纬向风由赤道印度洋向赤道太平洋传播的过程等有十分直接的关系;同时,SDP对ENSO事件的影响在很大程度上还依赖于大尺度平均气流随季节的变换. 相似文献
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厄尔尼诺/南方涛动与赤道远西太平洋准两年周期振荡之间相互作用的概念模式 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
建立了一个反映厄尔尼诺/南方涛动(ENSO)与热带远西太平洋准两年振荡(QBOWP)相互作用最基本物理过程的新概念模式. 在此概念模式中, QBOWP对ENSO的影响通过两种途径: (1) 沿赤道太平洋海洋Kelvin波和 (2) 大气的Walker环流; 而ENSO对QBOWP的影响则可通过大气的Walker环流异常来实现. 对该模式结果的分析诊断表明: 在ENSO与QBOWP相互作用过程中, 大气桥(Walker环流)的作用比海洋桥(沿赤道太平洋的Kelvin波)更重要; 通过QBOWP与ENSO的相互作用, 一个3~5年周期的ENSO振荡可以变为准两年振荡, 而赤道远西太平洋年际变化的主要周期也会变长; 热带太平洋大气-海洋耦合系统的多时间尺度的年际变化可以通过ENSO与QBOWP的相互作用来实现. 相似文献
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海平面变化是社会经济发展和科学研究的重要内容.利用1993年1月至2012年12月共20年的TOPEX/Poseidon、Jason-1和Jason-2卫星测高数据,研究中国海海平面的时空变化.首先通过三颗卫星伴飞阶段数据得到三颗卫星之间的逐点海面高系统偏差,进行逐点海面高改正,建立了20年的中国海海面高异常时间序列.分析了中国海海面高异常空间分布,给出了1月到12月月均平均海平面异常的空间变化规律.分析了中国海海面高异常的时变规律,分别给出了年、季度和月的海面上升速率.利用小波分析研究了中国海海面高异常周期变化规律,分别给出了渤海、黄海、东海和南海的海面高变化周期.讨论了ENSO对海面高异常的影响. 相似文献
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Dongxiao Wang Yinghao Qin Xianjun Xiao Zuqiang Zhang Xiangyu Wu 《Ocean Dynamics》2012,62(9):1311-1322
A new ocean reanalysis, covering the period from 1990 to 2009, is evaluated against observational sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface height (SSH) data in reproducing the temporal characteristics of El Ni?o and El Ni?o Modoki. The new reanalysis assimilates the available SST, temperature–salinity profile, and satellite altimetry data sets into a global ocean model forced with surface boundary conditions from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction atmospheric reanalysis 2. Using the Ni?o 3 index and the improved El Ni?o Modoki index, to distinguish between El Ni?o and El Ni?o Modoki signals, our results show that the two time series in the new reanalysis are in agreement with those obtained from observations during the study period. A composite analysis method is used to demonstrate the temporal evolution of these two types of El Ni?o. The new reanalysis has the advantage of representing the strength and location of El Ni?o events better than the control run, with an increase in the spatial correlation, but El Ni?o variability in the reanalysis is weak in the eastern Pacific, particularly off the coast of South America. As for the El Ni?o Modoki events, the initiation, development, and termination of the warm SST anomalies all occur in the central Pacific. All main features associated with the warm SST anomaly pattern of El Ni?o Modoki are well represented in the reanalysis. Furthermore, using this new ocean reanalysis, we select two strong cases to investigate possible mechanisms that may lead to the different warm SST anomaly patterns. 相似文献
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Variability of the subsurface temperature, current, and heat content in the tropical Pacific Ocean has been extracted in association with the two dominant modes of the sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA): the low-frequency mode and the biennial mode. In a recent paper, these two modes were identified as the major modes of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The low-frequency mode, which explains about 36% of the total SSTA variability, represents the dominant component of SSTA variability in the tropical Pacific, and is associated not with a fast physical evolution but with a slow stochastic undulation. The biennial mode, which is the second dominant component and explains about 12% of the total variability exhibits, on the other hand, a strong physical evolution. The space–time patterns of the subsurface variability were derived from an assimilated data set via a cyclostationary empirical orthogonal functions (CSEOF) analysis and the regression of the resulting principal component (PC) time series on the target PC time series of the surface modes. Extracted space–time patterns describe the detailed evolution of the physical changes in the upper ocean of the tropical Pacific that are associated with the corresponding surface modes. Specifically, they clearly show the surface and subsurface connection of the physical changes during ENSO events, and the role of equatorial waves in the manifestation of physical changes at the surface. The derived patterns of heat content, subsurface temperature, and zonal current anomalies realistically depict the detailed temporal changes of those variables and are consistent with our understanding of the physics in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The biennial mode appears to depict faithfully the phase progression of El Niño and La Niña. The propagation of equatorial Kelvin waves along the thermocline is clearly visible during El Niño and La Niña events in the cyclostationary representation of the physical modes in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Although the low-frequency mode explains three times more SSTA variability than the biennial mode, the former does not induce strong equatorial wave activity. This observation is significant considering that both El Niño or La Niña are often viewed simply in terms of a significant SST change in the tropical Pacific. The results of the present study indicate: (1) that the two ENSO modes represent significantly different physical evolutions; (2) that the amount of SST warming or cooling does not dictate the physical evolution of ENSO; and (3) that the two modes play essentially different dynamical roles including the generation of equatorial waves.Responsible Editor: John Wilkin 相似文献
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本文分析了夏季西北太平洋大气环流异常特征及其与海温变化的关系,发现夏季西北太平洋异常反气旋/气旋(WNPAC/WNPC)是西北太平洋地区对流层中低层存在的重要大气环流异常现象,与东亚-西北太平洋低纬度至高纬度的经向PJ波列及欧亚中高纬度东西纬向波列的变化有关,通过与中高纬度环流变化的联系,对东亚及欧亚中高纬度气候有重要影响.夏季WNPAC/WNPC与热带海温变化的关系存在明显的不对称性,显著的WNPAC一般出现在El Niño衰减年夏季,与前期El Niño成熟年冬季的赤道东太平洋暖海温异常和El Niño衰减年春夏季印度洋海盆尺度的暖海温异常有明显的正相关关系,进一步表明了WNPAC在El Niño事件影响夏季气候中的重要桥梁作用;而夏季显著的WNPC与前期和同期热带海温变化的关系存在明显的不确定性,主要与夏季热带印度洋和赤道中东太平洋之间东暖西冷的热力差异异常引起的孟加拉湾-赤道西太平洋西风异常有关.进一步分析WNPAC/WNPC与海温变化关系不对称的可能原因,发现El Niño和La Niña衰减年夏季热带印度洋和太平洋海温变化所引起的印-太之间海温(热力)差异的一致性特征可能是导致WNPAC/WNPC与海温变化关系不对称的主要原因. 相似文献
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Dynamical effect of the zonal wind anomalies over the tropical western Pacific on ENSO cycles 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The circulation and zonal wind anomalies in the lower troposphere over the equatorial western Pacific and their roles in the developing and decaying processes of the 1982–1983, 1986 –1987, 1991–1992 and 1997–1998 El Ni?o events and the occurrence of La Ni?a events are analyzed by using the observed data in this paper. The results show that before the developing stage of these El Ni?o events, there were cyclonic circulation anomalies in the lower troposphere over the tropical western Pacific, and the anomalies brought the westerly anomalies over the Indonesia and the tropical western Pacific. However, when the El Ni?o events developed to their mature phase, there were anticyclonic circulation anomalies in the lower troposphere over the tropical western Pacific, and the anomalies made the easterly anomalies appear over the tropical western Pacific. A simple, dynamical model of tropical ocean is used to calculate the response of the equatorial oceanic waves to the observed anomalies of wind stress near the sea surface of the equatorial Pacific during the 1997/98 ENSO cycle, which was the strongest one in the 20th century. It is shown that the zonal wind stress anomalies have an important dynamical effect on the devel-opment and decay of this El Ni?o event and the occurrence of the following La Ni?a event. 相似文献
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Low‐frequency modulation and trend of the relationship between ENSO and precipitation along the northern to centre Peruvian Pacific coast 
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下载免费PDF全文 Luc Bourrel Pedro Rau Boris Dewitte David Labat Waldo Lavado Aude Coutaud Andrea Vera Abigail Alvarado Julio Ordoñez 《水文研究》2015,29(6):1252-1266
The relationship between El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and precipitation along the Peruvian Pacific coast is investigated over 1964–2011 on the basis of a variety of indices accounting for the different types of El Niño events and atmospheric and oceanographic manifestations of the interannual variability in the tropical Pacific. We show the existence of fluctuations in the ENSO/precipitation relationship at decadal timescales that are associated with the ENSO property changes over the recent decades. Several indices are considered in order to discriminate the influence of the two types of El Niño, namely, the eastern Pacific El Niño and the central Pacific El Niño, as well as the influence of large‐scale atmospheric variability associated to the Madden and Julian Oscillation, and of regional oceanic conditions. Three main periods are identified that correspond to the interleave periods between the main climatic transitions over 1964–2011, i.e. the shifts of the 1970s and the 2000s, over which ENSO experiences significant changes in its characteristics. We show that the relationship between ENSO and precipitation along the western coast of Peru has experienced significant decadal change. Whereas El Niño events before 2000 lead to increased precipitation, in the 2000s, ENSO is associated to drier conditions. This is due to the change in the main ENSO pattern after 2000 that is associated to cooler oceanic conditions off Peru during warm events (i.e. central Pacific El Niño). Our analysis also indicates that the two extreme El Niño events of 1982/1983 and 1997/1998 have overshadowed actual trends in the relationship between interannual variability in the tropical Pacific and precipitation along the coast of Peru. Overall, our study stresses on the complexity of the hydrological cycle on the western side of the Andes with regard to its relationship with the interannual to decadal variability in the tropical Pacific. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Simulation outputs were used to contrast the distinct evolution patterns between two types of El Niño. The modeled isotherm depth anomalies closely matched satellite sea surface height anomalies. Results for the El Niño Modoki (central Pacific El Niño) corresponded well with previous studies which suggested that thermocline variations in the equatorial Pacific contain an east–west oscillation. The eastern Pacific El Niño experienced an additional north–south seesaw oscillation between approximately 15° N and 15° S. The wind stress curl pattern over the west-central Pacific was responsible for the unusual manifestation of the eastern Pacific El Niño. The reason why the 1982/1983 El Niño was followed by a normal state whereas a La Niña phase developed from the 1997/1998 El Niño is also discussed. In 1997/1998, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) retreated faster and easterly trade winds appeared immediately after the mature El Niño, cooling the sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific and generating the La Niña event. The slow retreat of the ITCZ in 1982/1983 terminated the warm event at a much slower rate and ultimately resulted in a normal phase. 相似文献
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The main modes of interannal variabilities of thermocline and sea surface wind stress in the tropical Pacific and their interactions are investigated,which show the following results.(1) The thermocline anomalies in the tropical Pacific have a zonal dipole pattern with 160°W as its axis and a meridional seesaw pattern with 6-8°N as its transverse axis.The meridional oscillation has a phase lag of about 90° to the zonal oscillation,both oscillations get together to form the El Ni?o/La Ni?a cycle,which be-haves as a mixed layer water oscillates anticlockwise within the tropical Pacific basin between equator and 12°N.(2) There are two main patterns of wind stress anomalies in the tropical Pacific,of which the first component caused by trade wind anomaly is characterized by the zonal wind stress anomalies and its corresponding divergences field in the equatorial Pacific,and the abnormal cross-equatorial flow wind stress and its corresponding divergence field,which has a sign opposite to that of the equatorial region,in the off-equator of the tropical North Pacific,and the second component represents the wind stress anomalies and corresponding divergences caused by the ITCZ anomaly.(3) The trade winds anomaly plays a decisive role in the strength and phase transition of the ENSO cycle,which results in the sea level tilting,provides an initial potential energy to the mixed layer water oscillation,and causes the opposite thermocline displacement between the west side and east side of the equator and also between the equator and 12°N of the North Pacific basin,therefore determines the amplitude and route for ENSO cycle.The ITCZ anomaly has some effects on the phase transition.(4) The thermal anomaly of the tropical western Pacific causes the wind stress anomaly and extends eastward along the equator accompanied with the mixed layer water oscillation in the equatorial Pacific,which causes the trade winds anomaly and produces the anomalous wind stress and the corresponding divergence in favor to conduce the oscillation,which in turn intensifies the oscillation.The coupled system of ocean-atmo-sphere interactions and the inertia gravity of the mixed layer water oscillation provide together a phase-switching mechanism and interannual memory for the ENSO cycle.In conclusion,the ENSO cycle essentially is an inertial oscillation of the mixed layer water induced by both the trade winds anomaly and the coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction in the tropical Pacific basin between the equator and 12°N.When the force produced by the coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction is larger than or equal to the resistance caused by the mixed layer water oscillation,the oscillation will be stronger or maintain as it is,while when the force is less than the resistance,the oscillation will be weaker,even break. 相似文献
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This paper investigates mechanisms controlling the mixed-layer salinity (MLS) in the tropical Pacific during 1990–2009. We use monthly 1°?×?1° gridded observations of salinity, horizontal current and fresh water flux, and a validated ocean general circulation model with no direct MLS relaxation in both its full resolution (0.25° and 5 days) and re-sampled as the observation time/space grid resolution. The present study shows that the mean spatial distribution of MLS results from a subtle balance between surface forcing (E???P, evaporation minus precipitation), horizontal advection (at low and high frequencies) and subsurface forcing (entrainment and mixing), all terms being of analogous importance. Large-scale seasonal MLS variability is found mainly in the Intertropical and South Pacific Convergence Zones due to changes in their meridional location (and related heavy P), in the North Equatorial Counter Currents, and partly in the subsurface forcing. Maximum interannual variability is found in the western Pacific warm pool and in both convergence zones, in relation to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. In the equatorial band, this later variability is due chiefly to the horizontal advection of low salinity waters from the western to the central-eastern basin during El Niño (and vice versa during La Niña), with contrasted evolution for the Eastern and Central Pacific ENSO types. Our findings reveal that all terms of the MLS equation, including high-frequency (<1 month) salinity advection, have to be considered to close the salinity budget, ruling out the use of MLS (or sea surface salinity) only to directly infer the mean, seasonal and/or interannual fresh water fluxes. 相似文献
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The 2015/2016 El Nio was one of the strongest El Nio events in history, and this strong event was preceded by a weak El Nio in 2014. This study systematically analyzed the dynamical processes responsible for the genesis of these events. It was found that the weak 2014 El Nio had two warming phases, the spring-summer warming was produced by zonal advection and downwelling Kelvin waves driven by westerly wind bursts(WWBs), and the autumn-winter warming was produced by meridional advection, surface heating as well as downwelling Kelvin waves. The 2015/2016 extreme El Nio, on the other hand, was primarily a result of sustained zonal advection and downwelling Kelvin waves driven by a series of WWBs, with enhancement from the Bjerknes positive feedback. The vast difference between these two El Nio events mainly came from the different amount of WWBs in 2014 and 2015. As compared to the 1982/1983 and 1997/1998 extreme El Nio events, the 2015/2016 El Nio exhibited some distinctive characteristics in its genesis and spatial pattern. We need to include the effects of WWBs to the theoretical framework of El Nio to explain these characteristics, and to improve our understanding and prediction of El Nio. 相似文献
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Hui Wang Kexiu Liu Aimei Wang Jianlong Feng Wenjing Fan Qiulin Liu Yao Xu Zengjian Zhang 《Ocean Dynamics》2018,68(4-5):485-495
Based on coastal tide level, satellite altimetry, and sea surface temperature (SST) data of offshore areas of China’s coast and the equatorial Pacific Ocean, the regional characteristics of the effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the sea level in the China Sea were investigated. Singular value decomposition results show a significant teleconnection between the sea level in the China Sea and the SST of the tropical Pacific Ocean; the correlation coefficient decreases from south to north. Data from tide gauges along China’s coast show that the seasonal sea-level variations are significantly correlated with the ENSO. In addition, China’s coast was divided into three regions based on distinctive regional characteristics. Results obtained show that the annual amplitude of sea level was low during El Niño developing years, and especially so during the El Niño year. The ENSO intensity determined the response intensity of the annual amplitude of the sea level. The response region (amplitude) was relatively large for strong ENSO intensities. Significant oscillation periods at a timescale of 4–7 years existed in the sea level of the three regions. The largest amplitude of oscillation was 1.5 cm, which was the fluctuation with the 7-year period in the South China Sea. The largest amplitude of oscillation in the East China Sea was about 1.3 cm. The amplitude of oscillation with the 6-year period in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea was the smallest (less than 1 cm). 相似文献