The Role of the Asian/Australian Monsoons and the Southern/Northern Oscillation in the ENSO Cycle |
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| Authors: | L Chen R Wu |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, CN;(2) Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., US |
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| Abstract: | Summary In this paper, we first examine the relationship of El Nino and La Nina events with the westerly wind anomalies over the
western Pacific warm pool. On this basis, the roles of the Asian and Australian winter monsoons in the formation and progress
of the westerly wind anomalies are studied. Finally, we analyze the associations of the Asian and Australian winter monsoons,
the westerly wind anomalies and the El Nino and La Nina alternations with the propagating anomalies of the Southern and Northern
Oscillation.
The results show that the westerly wind bursts are frequent over the Maritime Continent and western Pacific, only those which
can further intensify and propagate eastward are accompanied by an El Nino event. It is identified that the establishment
and eastward propagation of westerly wind bursts are related to enhanced East Asian and Australian winter monsoon, respectively.
The activities of the East Asian and Australian winter monsoon, the variation of the Pacific westerly and trade winds and
the alternate appearance of El Nino and La Nina events should be internally connected. The main agents of this relationship
are the eastward propagation of alternate positive and negative height anomalies associated with the Southern and Northern
Oscillation on a 3–5 year time scale over the south and north tropical Pacific.
Received January 4, 1998/Revised January 19, 1999 |
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