Quasi-periodicity and global symmetries in interdecadal upper ocean temperature variability

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (C10) ◽  
pp. 21335-21354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren B. White ◽  
Daniel R. Cayan
Keyword(s):  
Global Symmetries ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Ocean Temperature

scholarly journals Decadal upper ocean temperature variability in the tropical Pacific

2001 ◽  
Vol 106 (C5) ◽  
pp. 8971-8988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilco Hazeleger ◽  
Martin Visbeck ◽  
Mark Cane ◽  
Alicia Karspeck ◽  
Naomi Naik
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Ocean Temperature ◽  
The Tropical Pacific

scholarly journals Time scales of upper ocean temperature variability inferred from the PIRATA data (1997-2000)

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilana Wainer ◽  
Gabriel Clauzet ◽  
Jacques Servain ◽  
Jacyra Soares
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Ocean Temperature

scholarly journals Is the World Ocean Warming? Upper-Ocean Temperature Trends: 1950–2000

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Harrison ◽  
Mark Carson
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Structure ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Ocean Temperature ◽  
Similar Magnitude ◽  
Subsurface Temperature ◽  
Temperature Trends ◽  
Uncertainty Estimates ◽  
The World

Abstract Subsurface temperature trends in the better-sampled parts of the World Ocean are reported. Where there are sufficient observations for this analysis, there is large spatial variability of 51-yr trends in the upper ocean, with some regions showing cooling in excess of 3°C, and others warming of similar magnitude. Some 95% of the ocean area analyzed has both cooled and warmed over 20-yr subsets of this period. There is much space and time variability of 20-yr running trend estimates, indicating that trends over a decade or two may not be representative of longer-term trends. Results are based on sorting individual observations in World Ocean Database 2001 into 1° × 1° and 2° × 2° bins. Only bins with at least five observations per decade for four of the five decades since 1950 are used. Much of the World Ocean cannot be examined from this perspective. The 51-yr trends significant at the 90% level are given particular attention. Results are presented for depths of 100, 300, and 500 m. The patterns of the 90% significant trends are spatially coherent on scales resolved by the bin size. The vertical structure of the trends is coherent in some regions, but changes sign between the analysis depths in a number of others. It is suggested that additional attention should be given to uncertainty estimates for basin average and World Ocean average thermal trends.

Basin-Wide Connections of Upper-Ocean Temperature Variability in the Equatorial Indian Ocean

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-50
Author(s):  
Ge Song ◽  
Bohua Huang ◽  
Rongcai Ren ◽  
Zeng-Zhen Hu
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Equatorial Indian Ocean ◽  
Reanalysis Data ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Ocean Temperature ◽  
Ocean Reanalysis ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Surface Warming ◽  
Transition Mechanism ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractIn this paper, the interannual variability of upper-ocean temperature in the equatorial Indian Ocean (IO) and its basin-wide connections are investigated using 58-year (1958-2015) comprehensive monthly mean ocean reanalysis data. Three leading modes of an empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis dominate the variability of upper-ocean temperature in the equatorial IO in a wide range of timescales. A coherent interannual band within the first two EOF modes identifies an oscillation between the zonally tilting thermocline across the equatorial IO in its peak phases and basin-wide displacement of the equatorial thermocline in its transitional phases. Consistent with the recharge oscillation paradigm, this oscillation is inherent of the equatorial IO with a quasi-periodicity around 15 months, in which the wind-induced off-equatorial Rossby waves near 5°S-10°S provide the phase-transition mechanism. This intrinsic IO oscillation provides the biennial component in the observed IOD variations. The third leading mode shows a nonlinear long-term trend of the upper-ocean temperature, including the near-surface warming along the equatorial Indian Ocean, accompanied by cooling trend in the lower thermocline originating further south. Such vertical contrary trends may lead to an enhanced stratification in the equatorial IO.

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