Frontiers in Earth Science (Jun 2024)
Tracking the variability of the western Pacific warm pool heat content over 1980–2020
- Liang Jin,
- Liang Jin,
- Liang Jin,
- Chunlei Liu,
- Chunlei Liu,
- Chunlei Liu,
- Chunlei Liu,
- Ning Cao,
- Ning Cao,
- Ning Cao,
- Xiaoqing Liao,
- Xiaoqing Liao,
- Xiaoqing Liao,
- Xiaoqing Liao,
- Yufeng Xue,
- Yufeng Xue,
- Yufeng Xue,
- Ruijuan Bao,
- Lingli Fan,
- Lingli Fan,
- Lingli Fan,
- Lingjing Zhu,
- Lingjing Zhu,
- Lingjing Zhu,
- Qianye Su,
- Qianye Su,
- Qianye Su,
- Ke Yang,
- Ke Yang,
- Ke Yang,
- Rong Zheng,
- Rong Zheng,
- Rong Zheng,
- Shujie Chang,
- Shujie Chang,
- Shujie Chang,
- Mei Liang,
- Mei Liang,
- Mei Liang
Affiliations
- Liang Jin
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Liang Jin
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Liang Jin
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Chunlei Liu
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Chunlei Liu
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Chunlei Liu
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Chunlei Liu
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
- Ning Cao
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Ning Cao
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Ning Cao
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Xiaoqing Liao
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Xiaoqing Liao
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Xiaoqing Liao
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Xiaoqing Liao
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
- Yufeng Xue
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Yufeng Xue
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Yufeng Xue
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Ruijuan Bao
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Fuzhou, China
- Lingli Fan
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Lingli Fan
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Lingli Fan
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Lingjing Zhu
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Lingjing Zhu
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Lingjing Zhu
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Qianye Su
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Qianye Su
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Qianye Su
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Ke Yang
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Ke Yang
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Ke Yang
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Rong Zheng
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Rong Zheng
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Rong Zheng
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Shujie Chang
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Shujie Chang
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Shujie Chang
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Mei Liang
- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Mei Liang
- South China Sea Institute of Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Mei Liang
- CMA-GDOU Joint Laboratory for Marine Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1377715
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
Abstract
The western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) is a major thermal driver of atmospheric deep convection and global atmospheric circulation in the tropics, and changes in its ocean heat content (OHC) affect the local and global climates. Four state-of-the-art ocean reanalyses and one objective analysis were used to study the variations in the WPWP OHC, ocean heat content tendency (OHCT), and ocean heat transport (OHT). The variabilities of both the OHC and OHCT integrated from 0 to 300 m are consistent between the datasets and are closely related to the El-Niño southern oscillation cycle. The integrated OHC from 0 to 2000 m shows an overall increasing trend in the WPWP. The WPWP mainly gains heat from the eastern boundary and loses heat from the northern boundary. The heat transport through the eastern boundary of the WPWP is mainly facilitated by the westward flowing south and north equatorial currents as well as the equatorial countercurrent around the depth of the thermocline, whereas the OHT at the northern boundary is mainly driven by the western boundary current of the Pacific Ocean, which shows complex flow structures.
Keywords
- western Pacific warm pool
- ocean heat content
- ocean heat content tendency
- ocean heat transport
- climate change
