On the relationship between tropical and North Pacific sea surface temperature variations

C. Deser; M. L. Blackmon

doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<1677:OTRBTA>2.0.CO;2

On the relationship between tropical and North Pacific sea surface temperature variations

C. Deser, M. L. Blackmon

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Abstract

Empirical orthogonal function analysis of winter sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies over the Pacific domain (60°N-20°S) reveals an El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) mode that is linked to the eastern North Pacific, and a North Pacific mode that is linearly independent of ENSO. The North Pacific mode exhibits maximum amplitude and variance explained along ~40°N, west of ~170°W. SSTs in this region have decreased by ~1.5°C from 1950 to 1987. The cooling in winter has been associated with a strengthening of the overlying westerly winds. -Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1677-1680
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Climate
Volume	8
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<1677:OTRBTA>2.0.CO;2
State	Published - 1995

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