Indian Ocean Variability and Its Association with ENSO in a Global Coupled Model
Indian Ocean Variability and Its Association with ENSO in a Global Coupled Model
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DOI:
10.1175/jcli3493.1
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发表时间:
2005-09
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
A. Zhong;H. Hendon;O. Alves
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作者:
A. Zhong;H. Hendon;O. Alves
Abstract The evolution of the Indian Ocean during El Nino–Southern Oscillation is investigated in a 100-yr integration of an Australian Bureau of Meteorology coupled seasonal forecast model. During El Nino, easterly anomalies are induced across the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean. These act to suppress the equatorial thermocline to the west and elevate it to the east and initially cool (warm) the sea surface temperature (SST) in the east (west). Subsequently, the entire Indian Ocean basin warms, mainly in response to the reduced latent heat flux and enhanced shortwave radiation that is associated with suppressed rainfall. This evolution can be partially explained by the excitation of an intrinsic coupled mode that involves a feedback between anomalous equatorial easterlies and zonal gradients in SST and rainfall. This positive feedback develops in the boreal summer and autumn seasons when the mean thermocline is shallow in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean in response to trade southeasterlies. This posi...