scholarly journals The South Pacific Convergence Zone in three decades of satellite images

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (19) ◽  
pp. 10,839-10,849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colene Haffke ◽  
Gudrun Magnusdottir
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Images ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South

Impacts of Detoured Madden-Julian Oscillations on the South Pacific Convergence Zone

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Ruomei Ruan ◽  
Raghu Murtugudde
Keyword(s):  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Rossby Waves ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Boreal Winter ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South ◽  
Maritime Continent ◽  
Meridional Winds ◽  
Southern Pacific Ocean

AbstractMadden-Julian Oscillations (MJOs) are a major component of tropical intraseasonal variabilities. There are two paths for MJOs across the Maritime Continent; one is a detoured route into the Southern Hemisphere and the other one is around the equator across the Maritime Continent. Here, it is shown that the detoured and non-detoured MJOs have significantly different impacts on the South Pacific convergence zone (SPCZ). The detoured MJOs trigger strong cross-equatorial meridional winds from the Northern Hemisphere into the Southern Hemisphere. The associated meridional moisture and energy transports due to the background states carried by the intraseasonal meridional winds are favorable for reinforcing the SPCZ. In contrast, the influences of non-detoured MJOs on either hemisphere or the meridional transports across the equator are much weaker. The detoured MJOs can extend their impacts to the surrounding regions by shedding Rossby waves. Due to different background vorticity during detoured MJOs in boreal winter, more ray paths of Rossby waves traverse the Maritime Continent connecting the southern Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean, but far fewer Rossby wave paths traverse Australia. Further studies on such processes are expected to contribute to a better understanding of extreme climate and natural disasters on the rim of the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Origin of the South Pacific Convergence Zone

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 1185-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
George N. Kiladis ◽  
Hans von Storch ◽  
Harryvan Loon
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South

scholarly journals Extreme swings of the South Pacific Convergence Zone and the different types of El Niño events

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (13) ◽  
pp. 4695-4703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Borlace ◽  
Agus Santoso ◽  
Wenju Cai ◽  
Matt Collins
Keyword(s):  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South ◽  
Different Types ◽  
El Niño Events ◽  
El Nino Events

Tracking the extent of the South Pacific Convergence Zone since the early 1600s

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Braddock K. Linsley ◽  
Alexey Kaplan ◽  
Yves Gouriou ◽  
Jim Salinger ◽  
Peter B. deMenocal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South

scholarly journals A new index for variations in the position of the South Pacific convergence zone 1910/11–2011/2012

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 881-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Salinger ◽  
Simon McGree ◽  
Florent Beucher ◽  
Scott B. Power ◽  
François Delage
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South

scholarly journals Interdecadal-decadal climate variability from multicoral oxygen isotope records in the South Pacific Convergence Zone region since 1650 A.D.

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Braddock K. Linsley ◽  
Peipei Zhang ◽  
Alexey Kaplan ◽  
Stephen S. Howe ◽  
Gerard M. Wellington
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
Oxygen Isotope ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
Decadal Climate Variability ◽  
The South ◽  
Decadal Climate

scholarly journals Sources of upper tropospheric HOxover the South Pacific Convergence Zone: A case study

2002 ◽  
Vol 108 (D2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Mari ◽  
Carine Saüt ◽  
Daniel J. Jacob ◽  
François Ravetta ◽  
Bruce Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South
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