Two Types of El Niño Events: Cold Tongue El Niño and Warm Pool El Niño

In this study, two types of El Niño events are classified based on spatial patterns of the sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly. One is the cold tongue (CT) El Niño, which can be regarded as the conventional El Niño, and the other the warm pool (WP) El Niño. The CT El Niño is characterized by relat...

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Published in:Journal of climate 2009-03, Vol.22 (6), p.1499-1515
Main Authors: Kug, Jong-Seong, Jin, Fei-Fei, An, Soon-Il
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advection
Anomalies
Atmospherics
Climate
Climate models
Cold
Data analysis
Data assimilation
Earth, ocean, space
El Nino
El Nino events
El Nino phenomena
Enthalpy
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Feedback
Global climate models
Heat content
Marine
Meteorology
Noise
Ocean currents
Ocean temperature
Oceanic analysis
Oceans
Physics of the oceans
Precipitation
Sea level
Sea surface
Sea surface temperature
Sea surface temperature anomalies
Sea-air exchange processes
Southern Oscillation
Surface temperature
Thermocline
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