| Resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water in the Equatorial Pacific and Its Variability Associated with ENSO | |
| Qu, Tangdong1,2; Gao, Shan3,4 | |
| 2017-05-01 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
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| Volume | 47Issue:5Pages:1095-1106 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Abstract | Analysis of results from a simulated passive tracer confirms the resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water in the equatorial Pacific. Over the period of integration (1993-2011), both the volume and barycenter of the South Pacific Tropical Water that resurfaces in the equatorial Pacific are tightly linked to El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), with their correlation with the Nino-3.4 index reaching -0.79 and 0.84, respectively. Their correlation (-0.75 and 0.85) with the sea surface salinity index, Nino-S34.8, is also high. Of particular interest is that both the volume and barycenter of the resurfacing South Pacific Tropical Water peak earlier than the ENSO indices by about 3 months. On the interannual time scale, the resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water may modulate the sea surface salinity in the equatorial Pacific at a rate equivalent to as much as 25% of the surface freshwater flux. The results suggest that the resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water directly contributes to the sea surface salinity variability in the equatorial Pacific and potentially plays a role in ENSO evolution. |
| DOI | 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0078.1 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000401462000008 |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Version | 出版稿 |
| Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/136871 |
| Collection | 海洋环流与波动重点实验室 |
| Affiliation | 1.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Joint Inst Reg Earth Syst Sci & Engn, Los Angeles, CA USA 2.Univ Hawaii Manoa, Sch Ocean & Earth Sci & Technol, Int Pacific Res Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Qingdao, Peoples R China 4.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Funct Lab Ocean Dynam & Climate, Qingdao, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Qu, Tangdong,Gao, Shan. Resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water in the Equatorial Pacific and Its Variability Associated with ENSO[J]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY,2017,47(5):1095-1106. |
| APA | Qu, Tangdong,&Gao, Shan.(2017).Resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water in the Equatorial Pacific and Its Variability Associated with ENSO.JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY,47(5),1095-1106. |
| MLA | Qu, Tangdong,et al."Resurfacing of South Pacific Tropical Water in the Equatorial Pacific and Its Variability Associated with ENSO".JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 47.5(2017):1095-1106. |
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