Linking the atmospheric Pacific-South American mode with oceanic variability and predictability

South Pacific atmospheric variability can excite a sea surface temperature quadrupole pattern in the extra-tropics that acts as a precursor for the South Pacific decadal oscillation and ENSO, according to reanalysis data and model output.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jiale Lou, Terence J. O’Kane, Neil J. Holbrook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00295-4