Article: Modeling the oceanic response to westerly wind bursts in the Western Equatorial Pacific

Article: poniente
A Dictionary of Weather;      8 words ...poniente A westerly wind in the Straits of Gibraltar.

Article: A numerical investigation of the local ocean response to westerly wind burst forcing in the Western Equatorial Pacific
Journal of Physical Oceanography;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the local equatorial ocean response to idealized westerly wind burst (WWB) forcing are described. In particular...periodically interrupted by episodes of strong westerly wind, occurring typically in boreal winter and spring. These wind bursts have zonal extents that range from 10 deg ...

Article: COULD OCEAN-MODULATED WIND BURSTS LEAD TO BETTER EL NIÑO FORECASTS?
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  September 1, 2007 ;     629 words ......Pacific, known as westerly wind bursts (WWBs), have accompanied...The new view of wind bursts may have implications...Modulation of Westerly Wind Bursts by Sea Surface...Modulation of Westerly Wind Bursts by Sea Surface Temperature...

Article: How predictable is El Nino?
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......parameter range.) To insist that westerly wind bursts, which occur at random times...Nino appears in response to westerly wind bursts, then it is difficult to explain why westerly wind bursts excite El Nino on some occasions...

Article: Extended ENSO Predictions Using a Fully Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model
Journal of Climate;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......active and intensive stochastic westerly wind bursts during late 1996 to mid-1997...atmospheric forcings, such as surface wind bursts in the western equatorial...substantial contributions of massive westerly wind bursts to the development of the unprecedented...

Article: Quantifying the Dependence of Westerly Wind Bursts on the Large-Scale Tropical Pacific SST
Journal of Climate;  June 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......parameters characterizing observed westerly wind bursts (WWBs) in the equatorial...omitted.) 1. Introduction Westerly wind hursts in the equatorial...Yu and Rienecker 1998). Westerly wind bursts (WWBs) are commonly considered...

Article: Westerly Wind Bursts and Their Relationship with Intraseasonal Variations and ENSO. Part I: Statistics
Monthly Weather Review;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Statistical features of the relationship among westerly wind bursts (WWBs), the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO...synoptic-scale atmospheric variations were ignored. Westerly wind bursts (WWBs), synoptic-scale disturbances that occur...

Article: Intraseasonal Variability of Equatorial Indian Ocean Zonal Currents
Journal of Climate;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) wind stress is used to study...by strong 10-40-day westerly wind bursts. The wind bursts force...Experiments with a single westerly wind burst forcing show...m s^sup -1^ when a westerly wind stress abruptly increases...

Article: Westerly Wind Bursts and Their Relationship with Intraseasonal Variations and ENSO. Part II: Energetics over the Western and Central Pacific
Monthly Weather Review;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......ENSO. 1. Introduction Westerly wind bursts (WWBs) are synoptic-scale...represented by strong westerly winds near the equator...equatorial background westerly winds in association...on how the background wind patterns, associated...

Article: Westerly wind events and the 1997/98 El Nino event in the ECMWF seasonal forecasting system: A case study
Journal of Climate;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......period by more than 1 K. Several strong westerly wind events developed during the onset of the 1997/98 El Nino suggesting that westerly wind events played a key role in the intensification...present paper quantifies the impact of westerly wind events on the 1997/98 El Nino in ...

Article: Modulation of Westerly Wind Bursts by Sea Surface Temperature: A Semistochastic Feedback for ENSO
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Westerly wind bursts (WWBs) in the equatorial Pacific are known to play a significant...bickas 1998; Delcroix et al. 1993). These wind events, known as westerly wind bursts (WWBs), last for 5-40 days, and have no easterly wmd analog...

Article: Westerly Wind Bursts: ENSO's Tail Rather than the Dog?
Journal of Climate;  December 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Westerly wind bursts (WWBs) in the equatorial Pacific occur during the development...and Learning: ... denotes formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction Westerly wind bursts (WWBs), defined roughly as westerly gusts in the equatorial...

Article: The leaning shed of Whataroa
The Press;  July 29, 1997 ;     87 words ......farmer Chris Holme spends his day patiently waiting for a westerly wind strong enough to blow his farm shed back into an upright...years had given the shed its distinctive lean. He said a good westerly wind of the same strength would help the shed, known to local...

Article: ponente
A Dictionary of Weather;      40 words ...ponente A westerly wind along the coasts of the north-western Mediterranean. It tends to be a land-breeze around the Golfe du Lion, and a weakened flow from the mistral on the Côte d'Azur and over the Ligurian Sea, where it often precedes the tramontana .