Madden‐julian oscillation

C Zhang - Reviews of Geophysics, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the dominant component of the intraseasonal (30–
90 days) variability in the tropical atmosphere. It consists of large‐scale coupled patterns in …

Genesis and evolution of the 1997-98 El Niño

MJ McPhaden - Science, 1999‏ - science.org
The 1997–98 El Niño was, by some measures, the strongest on record, with major climatic
impacts felt around the world. A newly completed tropical Pacific atmosphere-ocean …

The circulation of the eastern tropical Pacific: A review

WS Kessler - Progress in Oceanography, 2006‏ - Elsevier
During the 1950s and 1960s, an extensive field study and interpretive effort was made by
researchers, primarily at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, to sample and understand …

The Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere observing system: A decade of progress

MJ McPhaden, AJ Busalacchi… - Journal of …, 1998‏ - Wiley Online Library
A major accomplishment of the recently completed Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere
(TOGA) Program was the development of an ocean observing system to support seasonal …

Biological and chemical response of the equatorial Pacific Ocean to the 1997-98 El Niño

FP Chavez, PG Strutton, GE Friederich, RA Feely… - Science, 1999‏ - science.org
During the 1997–98 El Niño, the equatorial Pacific Ocean retained 0.7× 1015 grams of
carbon that normally would have been lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. The …

Direct measurements of upper ocean currents and water properties across the tropical Pacific during the 1990s

GC Johnson, BM Sloyan, WS Kessler… - Progress in …, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Meridional sections of upper ocean zonal currents, potential temperature, and salinity are
estimated at ten longitudes from 143° E to 95° W using Conductivity–Temperature–Depth …

Forcing of intraseasonal Kelvin waves in the equatorial Pacific

WS Kessler, MJ McPhaden… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1995‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ten‐year time series of sea surface temperature (SST), 20° C depth, and zonal winds
measured by moored buoys across the equatorial Pacific are used to define the …

[HTML][HTML] Rectification of the Madden–Julian oscillation into the ENSO cycle

WS Kessler, R Kleeman - Journal of Climate, 2000‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Rectification of the Madden–Julian Oscillation into the ENSO Cycle in: Journal of Climate
Volume 13 Issue 20 (2000) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Strontium/calcium ratios in modern porites corals From the Great Barrier Reef as a proxy for sea surface temperature: Calibration of the thermometer and monitoring …

C Alibert, MT McCulloch - Paleoceanography, 1997‏ - Wiley Online Library
High‐precision Sr/Ca ratios are reported for Porites corals from Davies Reef, at∼ 19° S on
the midshelf of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Skeletal growth parameters were also …

Net community production of dissolved organic carbon

DA Hansell, CA Carlson - Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 1998‏ - Wiley Online Library
Each year large amounts of carbon, with a residence time of months, accumulate in the
surface layer of the ocean as semilabile dissolved organic carbon (DOC). This material is …