ENSO Teleconnections and the North Atlantic Ocean An Exercise in ...
ENSO Teleconnections and the North Atlantic Ocean An Exercise in ...
ENSO Teleconnections and the North Atlantic Ocean An Exercise in ...
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Motivation<br />
• We are familiar with <strong>the</strong> mean state:<br />
• Strong trades push warm waters to <strong>the</strong> western<br />
Pacific<br />
• Cool water is upwelled <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> eastern Pacific<br />
• The <strong>the</strong>rmocl<strong>in</strong>e slopes from deepest <strong>in</strong> west to<br />
shallowest <strong>in</strong> east<br />
• BUT: El N<strong>in</strong>o/Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Oscillation (<strong>ENSO</strong>) can<br />
occur, forc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> system <strong>in</strong>to an anomalous<br />
state.<br />
• Trades weaken, westerly w<strong>in</strong>d bursts push warm<br />
water & ra<strong>in</strong> to <strong>the</strong> east.<br />
• <strong>Teleconnections</strong> have far-reach<strong>in</strong>g effects.<br />
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