Temperature and Size Variabilities of the Western Pacific Warm Pool

Variabilities in sea-surface temperature and size of the Western Pacific Warm Pool were tracked with 10 years of satellite multichannel sea-surface temperature observations from 1982 to 1991. The results show that both annual mean sea-surface temperature and the size of the warm pool increased from...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1992-12, Vol.258 (5088), p.1643-1645
Main Authors: Yan, Xiao-Hai, Ho, Chung-Ru, Zheng, Quanan, Klemas, Vic
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
540110
Advanced very high resolution radiometers
Aerosols
AIR-BIOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
AIR-WATER INTERACTIONS
Analysis
Artificial satellites
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CURRENTS
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COMPILATION
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
El Nino
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Exact sciences and technology
Geochemistry
INFORMATION
Mineralogy
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Ocean temperature
OCEANIC CIRCULATION
OCEANOGRAPHY
Oceans
PACIFIC OCEAN
Pixels
SATELLITES
Sea water
SEAS
Silicates
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR CYCLE
Solar irradiance
SURFACE WATERS
TEMPERATURE MONITORING
Time series
US NOAA
US ORGANIZATIONS 540310 > Environment, Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
VOLCANISM
WATER CURRENTS
Water geochemistry
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Summary:Variabilities in sea-surface temperature and size of the Western Pacific Warm Pool were tracked with 10 years of satellite multichannel sea-surface temperature observations from 1982 to 1991. The results show that both annual mean sea-surface temperature and the size of the warm pool increased from 1983 to 1987 and fluctuated after 1987. Possible causes of these variations include solar irradiance variabilities, El Niño-Southern Oscillation events, volcanic activities, and global warming.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.258.5088.1643