Role of non-linear oceanic processes in the response to Westerly Wind Events: new implications for the 1997 El Niño onset
Role of non-linear oceanic processes in the response to Westerly Wind Events: new implications for the 1997 El Niño onset
In March 1997, a strong westerly wind event (WWE) occurred in the western equatorial Pacific prior to the 1997-1998 El Niño event. It produced downwelling Kelvin waves that interacted non linearly with the surface temperature, salinity and zonal current fronts located at the eastern edge of the warm-fresh pool (EEWP). This non-linear interaction locally increased zonal currents by a factor of three compared to a theoretical linear response, and advected the EEWP at an unexpected rate (? 1m/s) to which the ocean-atmosphere coupled system may have been responding rapidly to trigger El Nino conditions.
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Boulanger, J-P.
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Menkes, C.
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Delecluse, P.
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Lengaigne, M.
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2001
Boulanger, J-P.
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Durand, E.
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Duvel, J-P.
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Menkes, C.
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Delecluse, P.
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Imbard, M.
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Lengaigne, M.
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Madec, G.
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Boulanger, J-P., Durand, E., Duvel, J-P., Menkes, C., Delecluse, P., Imbard, M., Lengaigne, M., Madec, G. and Masson, S.
(2001)
Role of non-linear oceanic processes in the response to Westerly Wind Events: new implications for the 1997 El Niño onset.
Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (8), .
Abstract
In March 1997, a strong westerly wind event (WWE) occurred in the western equatorial Pacific prior to the 1997-1998 El Niño event. It produced downwelling Kelvin waves that interacted non linearly with the surface temperature, salinity and zonal current fronts located at the eastern edge of the warm-fresh pool (EEWP). This non-linear interaction locally increased zonal currents by a factor of three compared to a theoretical linear response, and advected the EEWP at an unexpected rate (? 1m/s) to which the ocean-atmosphere coupled system may have been responding rapidly to trigger El Nino conditions.
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