Linking the atmospheric Pacific-South American mode with oceanic variability and predictability

Jiale Lou; Terence J. O’Kane; Neil J. Holbrook

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00295-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2021)

Linking the atmospheric Pacific-South American mode with oceanic variability and predictability

Jiale Lou,
Terence J. O’Kane,
Neil J. Holbrook

Affiliations

Jiale Lou: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Terence J. O’Kane: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Neil J. Holbrook: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00295-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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South Pacific atmospheric variability can excite a sea surface temperature quadrupole pattern in the extra-tropics that acts as a precursor for the South Pacific decadal oscillation and ENSO, according to reanalysis data and model output.

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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