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Possible connection between Pacific Oceanic interdecadal pathway and east Asian winter monsoon
Author(s) -
Zhou Wen,
Li Chongyin,
Wang Xin
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1029/2006gl027809
Subject(s) - climatology , middle latitudes , forcing (mathematics) , monsoon , pacific decadal oscillation , sea surface temperature , wind stress , east asian monsoon , geology , environmental science , oceanography , atmospheric sciences
This paper highlights the SST interdecadal variability over the Eastern North Pacific and its connection with East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) on decadal timescales. Aside from PDO pattern, the SST interdecadal variation is the most significant over IP region, where there is the intense air‐sea interaction involved with EAWM, including both wind stress and latent heat flux. A possible explanation for the phase change of PDO is related to the localized atmospheric forcing and the “upstream” winter monsoon. SSTA interdecadal variation over the IP regions is the ‘bridge’ linking the coupled ocean‐atmosphere interaction between midlatitude Pacific and the tropical Pacific.