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Article: Meridional Extent and Interannual Variability of the Pacific Ocean Tropical-Subtropical Warm Water Exchange
- Article from:
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright American Meteorological Society Mar 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
Altimetric observations of sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) from the TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS satellites, hydrography, and the ECMWF and Florida State University wind products are used to track warm water (≥20°C) as it is exchanged between the equatorial Pacific Ocean and the higher latitudes during 1993-2003. The large El Niño event of 1997-98 resulted in a significant discharge of warm water toward the higher latitudes within the interior of the Pacific Ocean. The exchange of anomalous warm water volume with the Northern Hemisphere appears to be blocked under the intertropical convergence zone, consistent with most current ideas on the time-mean tropical-subtropical ...
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