Interannual atmospheric variability forced by the deep equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Peter Brandt (), Andreas Funk, Verena Hormann, Marcus Dengler, Richard J. Greatbatch and John M. Toole
Additional contact information
Peter Brandt: IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20
Andreas Funk: IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20
Verena Hormann: IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20
Marcus Dengler: IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20
Richard J. Greatbatch: IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20
John M. Toole: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Nature, 2011, vol. 473, issue 7348, 497-500

Abstract: Atlantic Ocean seasonality Tropical Atlantic climate variability, in particular the strength and location of rainfall in the countries surrounding the tropical Atlantic, is very sensitive to changes in sea surface temperatures. New observations from the equatorial Atlantic link variations in sea surface temperature, wind and rainfall to variations in the velocity of deep equatorial jets. Cycles in the behaviour of the jets are propagated from the deep ocean to surface waters with a characteristic variability of about 4.5 years. The cyclic variability is not present at all times, but nonetheless reveals an important influence of intrinsic ocean variability on surface ocean climate, and points towards possible improvements in forecasting the state of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean.

Date: 2011
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10013 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:473:y:2011:i:7348:d:10.1038_nature10013

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/nature10013

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().