A Decadal Impact of the 1982-83 El Nino on the Northern Pacific Ocean.

Abstract

In the recent paper published in Nature we presented evidence which indicates that the effects of equatorial El Nino episodes are more far-reaching than previously believed. In 1991 significant anomalies in both the ocean circulation and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) over the North Pacific Ocean were linked with this century's largest such episode, the 1982-1983 El Nino. This decadal link is provided vy a Rossby wave which propagated across the entire Pacific Ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA298119

Entities

People

  • Gregg A. Jacobs
  • Harley E. Hurlburt
  • Jimmy L. Mitchell

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimeters
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Continents
  • High Latitudes
  • High Resolution
  • Military Research
  • North America
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ridges
  • Rossby Waves
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Surface Temperature
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.