Gulf Stream shifts following ENSO events

Arnold H. Taylor (), Michael B. Jordan and John A. Stephens
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Arnold H. Taylor: NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Michael B. Jordan: NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
John A. Stephens: NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6686, 638-638

Abstract: Abstract Over the past three decades the annual mean latitude of the Gulf Stream off the coast of the United States has been forecastable from the intensity of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)1, the predictions accounting for more than half the variance. Here we show that much of the unexplained variance can be accounted for by the Southern Oscillation in the Pacific, the Gulf Stream being displaced northwards following El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. This provides a link between events in the equatorial Pacific and the circulation and weather conditions of the North Atlantic.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/31380

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