scholarly journals Tropical Coupled Rossby Waves in the Pacific Ocean–Atmosphere System

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1245-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren B. White
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Rossby Waves ◽  
Atmosphere System ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

The El Nino Cycle: A Natural Oscillator of the Pacific Ocean--Atmosphere System

Science ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 240 (4857) ◽  
pp. 1293-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. GRAHAM ◽  
W. B. WHITE
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Atmosphere System ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

scholarly journals A Distinctly Interdecadal Signal of Pacific Ocean–Atmosphere Interaction

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 1709-1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver W. Frauenfeld ◽  
Robert E. Davis ◽  
Michael E. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Sst Variability ◽  
Atmosphere System ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere Interaction ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Atmosphere Interaction

Abstract A new and distinctly interdecadal signal in the climate of the Pacific Ocean has been uncovered by examining the coupled behavior of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation. This interdecadal Pacific signal (IPS) of ocean–atmosphere interaction exhibits a highly statistically significant interdecadal component yet contains little to no interannual (El Niño scale) variability common to other Pacific climate anomaly patterns. The IPS thus represents the only empirically derived, distinctly interdecadal signal of Pacific Ocean SST variability that likely also represents the true interdecadal behavior of the Pacific Ocean–atmosphere system. The residual variability of the Pacific’s leading SST pattern, after removal of the IPS, is highly correlated with El Niño anomalies. This indicates that by simply including an atmospheric component, the leading mode of Pacific SST variability has been decomposed into its interdecadal and interannual patterns. Although the interdecadal signal is unrelated to interannual El Niño variability, the interdecadal ocean–atmosphere variability still seems closely linked to tropical Pacific SSTs. Because prior abrupt changes in Pacific SSTs have been related to anomalies in a variety of physical and biotic parameters throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and because of the persistence of these changes over several decades, isolation of this interdecadal signal in the Pacific Ocean–atmosphere system has potentially important and widespread implications to climate forecasting and climate impact assessment.

El Nino Chaos: Overlapping of Resonances Between the Seasonal Cycle and the Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere Oscillator

Science ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 264 (5155) ◽  
pp. 72-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tziperman ◽  
L. Stone ◽  
M. A. Cane ◽  
H. Jarosh
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
El Niño ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
El Nino ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

scholarly journals Radar monitoring of long surface waves in the pacific ocean

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
S. Velichko ◽  
◽  
A. Matveev ◽  
D. Bychkov ◽  
V. Ivanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Wave ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Wave Packet ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Wave Packets ◽  
Ocean Surface ◽  
Radar Images ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

Subject and Purpose. The paper addresses interaction processes going in the ocean–atmosphere system and is concerned with their research by the method of radar remote sensing. Specifically, the matter of concern is the detection and parameter estimation of long waves, including nonlinear ones, on the ocean surface. Methods and Methodology. In August 1988, a series of successive radar surveys of long surface wave manifestations on the Pacific Ocean surface was carried out in the 3 cm wave range by means of an airborne X-band radar system “Analog”. The analysis of the results includes estimation of both spatial and frequency features of the detected long-wave packets and, also, a comparison of the measurement results with model calculations performed in the framework of theory of radio wave scattering by the sea surface in the presence of seismic wave effects. Results. Radar images of wave packets of long surface waves in the open ocean have been obtained. From the imaging data, the spatial scale (5…10 km) of these waves, the lengths (1…5 km) of wave packet components and the wave packet velocity (6.1 m/s) have been derived. Analysis has been given to the nonlinear form of wave packet components, and their amplitudes have been estimated by comparing the experimental and theoretically obtained radio contrasts. The bathymetry of the surface-wave track has been performed to suggest that the observed wave packet represents a set of solitons generated by a seismic impact with the further underwater collapse. Conclusions. A possibility has been demonstrated for monitoring wave packets of long surface waves in their propagation dynamics. The experiments of the sort for gaining a deeper insight into the ocean–atmosphere interaction physics can be conducted by means of not only airborne but also spaceborne radar systems with allowance made for the rate of surveys in both time and space.

Reflection of intraseasonal equatorial Rossby waves at the western boundary of the Pacific Ocean

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Cravatte ◽  
Jean-Philippe Boulanger ◽  
Joël Picaut
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Rossby Waves ◽  
Western Boundary ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Equatorial Rossby Waves

Rossby Waves in the Pacific Ocean Extracted from Geosat Altimeter Data

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1155-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Jacobs ◽  
W. J. Emery ◽  
G. H. Born
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Rossby Waves ◽  
Altimeter Data ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean
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