Premium
Oceanic and atmospheric transport of multiyear El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signatures to the polar regions
Author(s) -
Jevrejeva S.,
Moore J. C.,
Grinsted A.
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1029/2004gl020871
Subject(s) - climatology , geology , polar vortex , madden–julian oscillation , polar , arctic oscillation , sea surface temperature , oscillation (cell signaling) , arctic , el niño southern oscillation , atmospheric sciences , oceanography , physics , stratosphere , meteorology , northern hemisphere , astronomy , convection , biology , genetics
Using Monte‐Carlo Singular Spectrum Analysis (MC‐ SSA) and Wavelet Transform (WT) we separate statistically significant components from time series and demonstrate significant co‐variance and consistent phase differences between ice conditions and the Arctic Oscillation and Southern Oscillation indices (AO and SOI) at 2.2, 3.5, 5.7 and 13.9 year periods. The 2.2, 3.5 and 5.7 year signals detected in the Arctic are generated about three months earlier in the tropical Pacific Ocean. In contrast, we show that the 13.9 year signal propagates eastward from the western Pacific as equatorial coupled waves (ECW, 0.13–0.15 ms −1 ), and then as fast boundary waves (1–3 ms −1 ) along the western margins of the Americas, with a phase difference of about 1.8–2.1 years by the time they reach the Arctic. Our results provide evidence of dynamical connections between high latitude surface conditions, tropical ocean sea surface temperatures mediated by tropical wave propagation, the wintertime polar vortex and the AO.