scholarly journals Coupled ocean-atmosphere model system for studies of interannual-to-decadal climate variability over the North Pacific Basin and precipitation over the Southwestern United States

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Chieng A. Lai
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Model System ◽  
Pacific Basin ◽  
Decadal Climate Variability ◽  
The North ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
Decadal Climate ◽  
The North Pacific ◽  
North Pacific Basin

Revision of the genus Anophryocephalus Baylis, 1922 from pinnipeds in the Holarctic, with descriptions of Anophryocephalus nunivakensis sp.nov. and A. eumetopii sp.nov. (Tetrabothriidae) and evaluation of records from the Phocidae

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1653-1668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric P. Hoberg ◽  
Ann M. Adams ◽  
Robert L. Rausch
Keyword(s):  
Bering Sea ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Pacific Basin ◽  
Genital Papilla ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Eumetopias Jubatus ◽  
The North ◽  
Phoca Largha ◽  
The North Pacific ◽  
North Pacific Basin

Anophryocephalus Baylis, 1922 is emended to include tetrabothriid cestodes with intricate scolices (paired auricular appendages and bothridial operculae), complex genital atria (muscular chamber ventral to the vagina; muscular pad adjacent to the aperture of the male canal), and atrophy of the dorsal osmoregulatory system. Anophryocephalus anophrys (type), A. skrjabini, and A. ochotensis are redescribed. Anophryocephalus nunivakensis sp.nov., from Phoca largha, has bothridial operculae with broad anterior apertures, an ovoid cirrus sac (57–95 μm in diameter), a ventrolaterally directed male canal (26–44 μm long in mature segments), and 26–56 testes. Anophryocephalus eumetopii sp.nov., from Eumetopias jubatus, has bothridial operculae with narrow, slitlike, diagonally directed apertures, a spheroidal cirrus sac (51–72 μm in diameter), a prominent genital papilla and ventrolaterally directed male canal (36–51 μm long in mature segments), and 32–66 testes. Postlarval ontogeny of the scolex among some species of Anophryocephalus appears similar to that known for Tetrabothrius spp., suggesting uniformity in morphogenesis of the holdfast among the Tetrabothriidae. Anophryocephalus spp. are typical parasites of pinnipeds in the Holarctic, and contrary to previous reports, A. skrjabini and A. ochotensis are exclusively parasites of Phoca spp. and Eumetopias jubatus, respectively, at high latitudes in the North Pacific basin and Bering Sea.

scholarly journals The 1976/77 North Pacific Climate Regime Shift: The Role of Subtropical Ocean Adjustment and Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Feedbacks*

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 5125-5140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixin Wu ◽  
Dong Eun Lee ◽  
Zhengyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Regime Shift ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
Climate Regime Shift ◽  
Modeling Approach ◽  
The North ◽  
Ocean Atmosphere ◽  
Decadal Climate ◽  
The North Pacific

Abstract In this study, a new modeling approach is used to look for potential causes of the North Pacific decadal climate regime shift. This new modeling approach is specifically designed to assess not only how changes of the wind-driven ocean circulation induce SST variability, but also the subsequent feedback to climate. Observations appear to indicate that the 1970s North Pacific climate regime shift may be attributed to the coupled ocean–atmosphere interaction over the North Pacific in response to persistent wind stress anomalies in the previous decade. This tends to be supported by modeling results, which suggest that the delayed adjustment of the subtropical ocean circulation may generate sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the western subtropical Pacific that may potentially induce a shift of atmospheric circulation, leading to a change of SST in the central and midlatitude North Pacific. This study appears to unify the recent contradictory views of the roles of ocean circulation in the North Pacific decadal climate variability.

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