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Modulation of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Wave Activity in the Tropical Pacific by ENSO |
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| Authors: | WANG Hui PAN Yutong Arun KUMAR and WANG Wanqiu |
| Institution: | 1. NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD 20740, USA;Wyle Science, Technology and Engineering Group, McLean, VA 22102, USA 2. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 3. NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD 20740, USA |
| Abstract: | The influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the convectively coupled Kelvin waves over the tropical Pacific is investigated by comparing the Kelvin wave activity in the eastern Pacific (EP) El Niño, central Pacific (CP) El Niño, and La Niña years, respectively, to 30-yr (1982–2011) mean statistics. The convectively coupled Kelvin waves in this study are represented by the two leading modes of empirical orthogonal function (EOF) of 2–25-day band-pass filtered daily outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), with the estimated zonal wavenumber of 3 or 4, period of 8 days, and eastward propagating speed of 17 m s?1. The most significant impact of ENSO on the Kelvin wave activity is the intensification of the Kelvin waves during the EP El Niños. The impact of La Niña on the reduction of the Kelvin wave intensity is relatively weaker, reflecting the nonlinearity of tropical deep convection and the associated Kelvin waves in response to ENSO sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies. The impact of the CP El Niño on the Kelvin waves is less significant due to relatively weaker SST anomalies and smaller spatial coverage. ENSO may also alter the frequency, wavelength, and phase speed of the Kelvin waves. This study demonstrates that low-frequency ENSO SST anomalies modulate high-frequency tropical disturbances, an example of weather-climate linkage. |
| Keywords: | convectively coupled Kelvin waves El Niñ oSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) empirical orthogonal function (EOF) power spectra |
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