NICOP - Impact of ocean-atmosphere processes on atmospheric dynamics in Eastern Indian Ocean and Maritime Continent

Abstract

Ocean–atmosphere interaction is a key process in tropical weather and climate. The moisture flux from the ocean to atmosphere increases approximately exponentially with sea surface temperature (SST) through the Clausius–Clapeyron and bulk flux relationships . These processes are core to the evolution of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on interannual time scales. On shorter, intraseasonal time scales, ocean-atmosphere interaction has a significant role in the development and eastward propagation of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) , and also in the northward-propagating intraseasonal oscillations observed in the Indian Ocean during the boreal summer (BSISO) .

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Aug 12, 2016
Source ID
N629091512021

Entities

People

  • Blake Mcbride

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of Warsaw

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers