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Modes of tropical Atlantic climate variability observed by PIRATA
Author(s) -
Servain Jacques,
Clauzet Gabriel,
Wainer Ilana C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2002gl015124
Subject(s) - tropical atlantic , climatology , zonal and meridional , mode (computer interface) , tropical climate , environmental science , indian ocean dipole , oceanography , geology , el niño southern oscillation , geography , sea surface temperature , archaeology , computer science , operating system
The geography of the Pilot moored Research Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) was especially designed to observe the two main modes of climate variability in the tropical Atlantic: the equatorial mode (equivalent to the warm events in the Pacific Ocean), and the meridional mode, also known as the dipole mode. This paper is an attempt, using the first available PIRATA data, to evaluate the presence of the two modes, as well as their relationship with the current array configuration.