Sea level response to ENSO along the central California coast: how the 1997–1998 event compares with the historic record     

H. F. Ryan  M. Noble 《Progress in Oceanography》2002,54(1-4)

Long-term monthly sea level and sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies from central California show that during winter months, positive anomalies are associated with El Niño events and the negative ones with La Niña events. There is no significant impact on monthly mean anomalies associated with Pacific decadal oscillations, although there is a tendency for more extreme events and greater variance during positive decadal oscillations. The very strong 1997–1998 El Niño was analyzed with respect to the long-term historic record to assess the forcing mechanisms for sea level and SST. Beginning in the spring of 1997, we observed several long-period (>30 days) fluctuations in daily sea level with amplitudes of over 10 cm at San Francisco, California. Fluctuations of poleward long-period alongshore wind stress anomalies (AWSA) are coherent with the sea level anomalies. However, the wind stress cannot entirely account for the observed sea level signals. The sea level fluctuations are also correlated with sea level fluctuations observed further south at Los Angeles and Tumaco, Columbia, which showed a poleward phase propagation of the sea level signal. We suggest that the sea level fluctuations were, to a greater degree, forced by the passage of remotely generated and coastally trapped waves that were generated along the equator and propagated to the north along the west coast of North America. However, both local and remote AWSA can significantly modulate the sea level signals. The arrival of coastally trapped waves began in the spring of 1997, which is earlier than previous strong El Niño events such as the 1982–1983 event.  相似文献   

秋、冬季赤道西太平洋海面气象特征初析     

林锡贵  张庆荣  蔡亲炳 《海洋与湖沼》1992,23(4):371-378

本文分析1985,1986,1987三年的部分时间的赤道西太平洋考察资料,结果表明,厄尔尼诺影响下气象特征变化明显;气象特征较邻近热带和赤道海域典型;温度的水平分布呈东高西低,北高南低;气象要素平均日变化和随季节变化特征显著。  相似文献   

ENSO--热带海洋和大气中和谐的海气相互作用现象   总被引：10，自引：1，他引：10  

巢纪平 《海洋科学进展》2002,20(3):1-8

简要评述了ENSO的发展过程.着重指出,厄尔尼诺和拉尼娜海温距平信号一般都在温跃层曲面传播和发展,海温距平信号在暖池次表层生成和发展后,沿赤道温跃层向东、向上传播,到赤道东太平洋后,信号一般向北传播,在10°N附近向西传播并南下到暖池的赤道纬度形成一个循环,这一循环的时间一般是3～4 a.这些观测事实的揭示是对ENSO循环的新认识.  相似文献   

El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Related Variations in Particulate Export Fluxes in the Western and Central Equatorial Pacific     

Hodaka Kawahata  Lallan Prasad Gupta 《Journal of Oceanography》2003,59(5):663-670

Time-series data from sediment trap moorings intermittently deployed during 1991–1999 show that the fluxes of biogenic material (carbonate, opal and organic matter, including amino acids) and other related parameters are temporally and spatially distinct across the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP). These variations resulted from the El Niño and La Niña conditions, which alternately prevailed over the equatorial Pacific Ocean during the mooring deployments. The westernmost WPWP (a hemipelagic region) recorded relatively high average total mass and amino acid fluxes during the El Niño event. This was in sharp contrast to the eastern part of the WPWP (oligotrophic and weak upwelling regions) which recorded higher flux values during the La Niña event. Settling particulate organic matter was rich in labile components (amino acids) during La Niña throughout the study area. Relative molar ratios of aspartic acid to β-alanine together with relative molar content of non-protein amino acids β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid) suggested that organic matter degradation was more intense during La Niña relative to that during El Niño in the WPWP. This study clearly shows that during an El Niño event the well documented decrease in export flux in the easternmost equatorial Pacific is accompanied by a significant increase in export flux in the westernmost equatorial Pacific Ocean.  相似文献   

Characteristic mode model of tropical Pacific Ocean and dynamic mechanism of El Nino     

Zhang Xiangdong  Huang Shisong  Zhang Jing 《海洋学报(英文版)》1995,14(4):485-498

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热带西太平洋大气气候基本态与厄尔尼诺期间赤道附近西风异常   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6  

严邦良  张人禾 《海洋学报》2002,24(2):39-50

利用合成分析的方法分析了自1961年以来观测到的8次厄尔尼诺事件中赤道西太平洋地区西风异常与大气气候基本态的关系,结果发现厄尔尼诺年赤道西太平洋地区西风异常具有和大气气候基本态相一致的季节变化特征.利用一个简单热带海-气耦合模式较好地模拟出了观测到的厄尔尼诺年赤道西太平洋地区西风异常的变化特征.对模式结果的分析表明,大气气候基本态对厄尔尼诺年赤道西太平洋地区西风异常的形成起重要作用,它是通过影响大气模式中的加热场来影响赤道西太平洋地区西风异常.大气模式中赤道太平洋地区的加热场的形成具有阶段性和地区性,在厄尔尼诺事件的初始阶段,大气气候基本态是大气模式中的加热场形成的主要因子,而在厄尔尼诺事件的发展和成熟阶段,赤道中东太平洋地区的海表温度异常(SSTA)是加热场形成的主要因子.模式模拟结果对大气气候基本态依赖的敏感性试验说明,在大气模式加热场中含有大气气候基本态的模拟中,沿中西太平洋赤道附近的纬向风异常表现出和观测类似的传播特征.  相似文献   

ENSO事件中热带太平洋上层海洋热含量变化分析   总被引：12，自引：1，他引：12  

于卫东  乔方利 《海洋科学进展》2003,21(4):446-453

利用1955-2001年海洋上400m层的热含量资料，分析了20世纪60年代以来全部El Nino／La Nina事件期间上层海洋热含量异常的空间分布规律和传播特性，发现如下3个重要观测事实：(1)在ENSO循环期间存在着关于赤道对称的南北2个热含量异常信号的闭合传播路径；(2)北半球的信号闭合回路非常清晰，而南半球回路较为混乱；(3)这种闭合回路在El Nino／La Nina年份表现得非常明显，但在其它年份可能由于海洋或大气的条件不匹配而中途夭折。上述观测事实对于ENSO研究具有重要价值，其物理机制值得进一步探讨。  相似文献   

Ocean variability North of New Guinea derived from TRITON buoy data     

Yuji Kashino  Iwao Ueki  Yoshifumi Kuroda  Andri Purwandani 《Journal of Oceanography》2007,63(4):545-559

We investigated variability in the ocean surface-subsurface layer north of New Guinea using Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network (TRITON) buoys at 2°N, 138°E and 0°N, 138°E during the period from October 1999 to July 2004. Both North and South Pacific waters were observed below the subsurface at these stations. The variability in the subsurface waters was particularly high at 2°N, 138°E. Clear interannual variability occurred near the surface; the water type differed before and after onset of the 2002–03 El Niño. Before summer 2001, water that appeared to be advected from the central equatorial Pacific occupied the near surface layer. After autumn 2001, waters advected by the New Guinea Coastal Current were observed near the surface. Intraseasonal and seasonal variations were also observed below the subsurface. With regard to seasonal variability, the salinity of the subsurface saline water, the South Pacific Tropical Water, was generally high during the boreal summer-autumn, when the New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent was strong. Intraseasonal fluctuations on a scale of 20 to 60 days were also seen and may have been associated with intrinsic oceanic variability, such as ocean eddies, near the stations. Ocean variability in the thermocline layer between 100 and 200 m greatly affects the surface dynamic height variability; water variability before 2001 and variability in the pycnocline depth after 2002 are important factors affecting the thermocline.  相似文献   

Monsoon-induced upwelling off the Vietnamese coast   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Joachim W. Dippner  Kim Vinh Nguyen  Hartmut Hein  Thomas Ohde  Natalie Loick 《Ocean Dynamics》2007,57(1):46-62

During the southwest monsoon from July 8 to 28, 2003, an interdisciplinary cruise took place in the central area of Vietnamese upwelling with “MV Nghien Cuu Bien” in the South China Sea. Physical observations in the upwelling area are analyzed with respect to local/regional wind forcing and far field forcing. Nutrients and phytoplankton measurements are discussed with respect to exchange processes between different water masses. The wind-induced coastal upwelling by local wind forcing is much weaker than in the previous years due to weaker-than-normal winds. This can be attributed to the far field forcing of the 2002/2003 El Niño event which modulates the upwelling intensity. The atmospheric conditions reflect the typical situation after an El Niño event which weakens the wind-induced coastal upwelling, reduces the latent heat flux, and results in higher-than-normal sea-surface temperatures. The general circulation pattern during SW monsoon is driven by the spatial asymmetry in the monsoon forcing. The flow pattern is characterized by an upwelling-induced northward undercurrent and a recently detected southward countercurrent. The resulting stretching deformation of this flow pattern forms an offshore jet between ～12°N and 12.5°N and causes a local enhancement of the upwelling intensity. The upwelling due to stretching deformation is a peculiarity, which makes the Vietnamese upwelling area different to other upwelling areas. A budget of the upwelling components is presented: the strongest contribution in 2003 to the Vietnamese upwelling is the dynamical upwelling due to the clockwise rotation of the northward undercurrent. The internal radius of deformation separates the upwelling area from the offshore area as well as different water masses. Mekong River and the Gulf of Thailand waters which are offshore show nutrient depletion. Therefore, high chlorophyll maxima cannot be explained by nutrient supply from river runoff. The dynamical upwelling brings in nutrient-rich Maximum Salinity Water into the euphotic zone. This causes a subsurface chlorophyll maximum between 20 and 40 m water depth along the northward undercurrent. Deflection from the Redfield ratio in the C:N ratio and negative excess nitrogen identifies the region as nitrogen-limited which may favor cyanobacteria blooms. The consequence is a unique feature in new production: in the upwelling area, new production is based on upwelled nitrate, whereas offshore in the nutrient-depleted Mekong and Gulf of Thailand water, new production is based in addition on nitrogen fixation.  相似文献   

中国近百年气候变化的自然原因讨论   总被引：11，自引：9，他引：11  

白爱娟  翟盘茂 《气象科学》2007,27(5):584-590

本文分析了近百年来中国气候变化的概况,讨论了影响中国气候变化的自然因素大气环流和海温,此外还叙述了有关大气气溶胶、大气污染等人为因素对中国气候变化影响的研究进展。结果指出:北极涛动、东亚季风这两个大气环流因素对中国气候异常变化有至关重要的作用,同时El Nino和La Nina事件和太平洋年代际振荡的海表温度异常变化也对中国气候产生了一定的影响。但是有关大气气溶胶和大气污染物对中国气候的影响作用还有待于进一步研究,自然原因仍然是影响中国气候变化的主要原因。  相似文献