Precession cycles of the El Niño/Southern oscillation-like system controlled by Pacific upper-ocean stratification

Shuai Zhang; Zhoufei Yu; Xun Gong; Yue Wang; Fengming Chang; Gerrit Lohmman; Yiquan Qi; Tiegang Li

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00305-5

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2021)

Precession cycles of the El Niño/Southern oscillation-like system controlled by Pacific upper-ocean stratification

Shuai Zhang,
Zhoufei Yu,
Xun Gong,
Yue Wang,
Fengming Chang,
Gerrit Lohmman,
Yiquan Qi,
Tiegang Li

Affiliations

Shuai Zhang: Hohai University
Zhoufei Yu: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xun Gong: Hubei Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources, China University of Geosciences
Yue Wang: State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University
Fengming Chang: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gerrit Lohmman: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Yiquan Qi: Hohai University
Tiegang Li: Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00305-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Subsurface temperature and salinity in the Western Pacific Warm Pool were linked to the shallow overturning circulation and varied on orbital timescales over the past 360,000 years in El Niño/Southern Oscillation-like processes, suggest foraminifera proxy records and numerical modelling.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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