Unprecedented 2015/2016 Indo-Pacific Heat Transfer Speeds Up Tropical Pacific Heat Recharge

El Niño events are characterized by anomalously warm tropical Pacific surface waters and concurrent ocean heat discharge, a precursor of subsequent cold La Niña conditions. Here we show that El Niño 2015/2016 departed from this norm: despite extreme peak surface temperatures, tropical Pacific (30°N-...

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Publié dans:Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 45(2018), 7 vom: 16. Apr., Seite 3274-3284
Auteur principal: Mayer, Michael (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Alonso Balmaseda, Magdalena, Haimberger, Leopold
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2018
Accès à la collection:Geophysical research letters
Sujets:Journal Article ENSO Indian Ocean Indonesian Throughflow energy budget reanalysis tropical climate variability