Modulation of E1 Nifio-Southern Oscillation by Freshwater Flux and Salinity Variability in the Tropical Pacific

    在线阅读 下载PDF 导出详情
    摘要 TheElNino-SouthernOscillation(ENSO)ismodulatedbymanyfactors;mostpreviousstudieshaveemphasizedtherolesofwindstressandheatfluxinthetropicalPacific.Freshwaterflux(FWF)isanotherenvironmentalforcingtotheocean;itseffectandtherelatedoceansalinityvariabilityintheENSOregionhavebeenofincreasedinterestrecently.Currently,accuratequantificationsoftheFWFrolesintheclimateremainchallenging;therelatedobservationsandcoupledocean-atmospheremodelinginvolvelargeelementsofuncertainty.Inthisstudy,weutilizedsatellite-baseddatatorepresentFWF-inducedfeedbackinthetropicalPacificclimatesystem;wethenincorporatedthesedataintoahybridcoupledocean-atmospheremodel(HCM)toquantifyitseffectsonENSO.AnewmechanismwasrevealedbywhichinterannualFWFforcingmodulatesENSOinasignificantway.Asadirectforcing,FWFexertsasignificantinfluenceontheoceanthroughseasurfacesalinity(SSS)andbuoyancyflux(QB)inthewestern-centraltropicalPacific.TheSSSperturbationsdirectlyinducedbyENSO-relatedinterannualFWFvariabilityaffectthestabilityandmixingintheupperocean.Atthesametime,theENSO-inducedFWFhasacompensatingeffectonheatflux,actingtoreduceinterannualQBvariabilityduringENSOcycles.TheseFWF-inducedprocessesintheoceantendtomodulatetheverticalmixingandentrainmentintheupperocean,enhancingcoolingduringLaNinaandenhancingwarmingduringElNino,respectively.TheinterannualFWFforcing-inducedpositivefeedbackactstoenhanceENSOamplitudeandlengthenitstimescalesinthetropicalPacificcoupledclimatesystem.
    机构地区 不详
    出版日期 2012年04月14日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
    • 相关文献
    Baidu
    map