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The role of wind-evaporation-SST feedback in tropical variability

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1. ITCZ Asymmetry:<br />

Introduction: Roles<br />

Equatorial Ocean upwell<strong>in</strong>g (Xie and Philander, 1994)<br />

North-west alignment <strong>of</strong> Americas and north-west<br />

African bulge (Philander et al. 1996)<br />

Stratus cloud-<strong>SST</strong> <strong>feedback</strong> (Philander et al., 1996)<br />

WES <strong>feedback</strong> (Xie, 1996)<br />

Annual Mean Climatological <strong>SST</strong> and Ra<strong>in</strong>fall<br />

(Source: Xie 2005)<br />

06-19-2008 CCSM Workshop 2008<br />

<strong>of</strong> WES Feedback<br />

Time-Latitude section <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>SST</strong>, <strong>w<strong>in</strong>d</strong>s and precipitation<br />

over the eastern Pacific and<br />

Atlantic (Source: Xie 2005)

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