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Potential global climatic impacts of the North Pacific Ocean
Author(s) -
Wu Lixin,
Liu Zhengyu,
Liu Yun,
Liu Qingyu,
Liu Xiaodong
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1029/2005gl024812
Subject(s) - pacific decadal oscillation , teleconnection , climatology , oceanography , subtropics , thermohaline circulation , ocean heat content , north atlantic oscillation , the arctic , environmental science , monsoon , geology , sea surface temperature , el niño southern oscillation , fishery , biology
Global climatic impacts of the North Pacific Ocean are studied using both observations and a coupled ocean‐atmosphere model. It is found that the coupled ocean‐atmosphere interaction over the western North Pacific may modulate global climate in the tropical Indian Ocean, the western subtropical south Pacific, and the tropical and North Atlantic through potential atmospheric teleconnections of the Asian winter monsoon and the Arctic Oscillation/North Atlantic Oscillation (AO/NAO). The study suggests that the North Pacific Ocean may be an important regulator of global decadal climate variability.