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DOI	10.1126/science.274.5292.1486
	Mechanism of the zonal displacements of the Pacific warm pool: Implications for ENSO
	Picaut J.; Loualalen M.; Menkes C.; Delcroix T.; McPhaden M.J.
发表日期	1996
ISSN	0036-8075
起始页码	1486
结束页码	1489
卷号	274 期号:5292
英文摘要	The western equatorial Pacific warm pool is subject to strong east-west migrations on interannual time scales in phase with the Southern Oscillation Index. The dominance of surface zonal advection in this migration is demonstrated with four different current data sets and three ocean models. The eastward advection of warm and less saline water from the western Pacific together with the westward advection of cold and more saline water from the central-eastern Pacific induces a convergence of water masses at the eastern edge of the warm pool and a well-defined salinity front. The location of this convergence is zonally displaced in association with El Nino-La Nina wind- driven surface current variations. These advective processes and water-mass convergences have significant implications for understanding and simulating coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions associated with El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
英文关键词	sodium chloride; surface water; article; atmosphere; climate; priority journal; sea; water temperature; wind; atmosphere-ocean coupling; ENSO; warm pool; water masses; zonal advection; Pacific, (Equatorial West)
语种	英语
来源期刊	Science
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/245080
作者单位	Inst. Francais Rech. Sci. D., BP A5, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia; Ctr. de Rech. Océanographique, ORSTOM, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, South Africa; Pac. Marine Environmental Laboratory, Natl. Oceanic and Atmosph. Admin., Seattle, WA 98115, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Picaut J.,Loualalen M.,Menkes C.,et al. Mechanism of the zonal displacements of the Pacific warm pool: Implications for ENSO[J],1996,274(5292).
APA	Picaut J.,Loualalen M.,Menkes C.,Delcroix T.,&McPhaden M.J..(1996).Mechanism of the zonal displacements of the Pacific warm pool: Implications for ENSO.Science,274(5292).
MLA	Picaut J.,et al."Mechanism of the zonal displacements of the Pacific warm pool: Implications for ENSO".Science 274.5292(1996).