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Article: A further study of the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool
- Article from:
- Journal of Climate
- Article date:
- May 15, 2003
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ABSTRACT
Variability of the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool (WHWP) of water warmer than 28.5[degrees]C, which extends seasonally over parts of the eastern North Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the western tropical North Atlantic (TNA), was previously studied by Wang and Enfield using the da Silva data from 1945-93. Using additional datasets of the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis field and the NCEP SST from 1950-99, and the Levitus climatological subsurface temperature, the present paper confirms and extends the previous study of Wang and Enfield. The WHWP alternates with northern South America as the seasonal heating source for the Walker and Hadley circulations in the Western ...