Interannual variations of tropical instability waves observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Academic Article

abstract

• Eight years of microwave data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite are used to study the interannual variations of tropical instability waves (TIWs) in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. SST signatures of TIWs in the Pacific Ocean are strongest during the cold phase of ENSO, when the cold tongue is most pronounced. The waves are weak during the warm phase of ENSO. A low-frequency Atlantic air-sea coupled equatorial mode affects TIW activity in the Atlantic in a similar fashion. Interannual variations in sea-surface temperatures due to TIW activity can produce interannual variations in the atmospheric mesoscale response. Copyright 2007 by the Armerican Geophysical Union.

authors

• Bowman, Kenneth

published proceedings

• GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Wu, Q., & Bowman, K. P.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Wu, Qiaoyan||Bowman, Kenneth P

publication date

• May 2007

publisher

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)  Publisher

published in

• Geophysical Research Letters  Journal

keywords

• 14 Life Below Water
• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3701 Atmospheric Sciences
• 3708 Oceanography

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1029/2007GL029719

volume

• 34

issue

• 9

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1029%2F2007gl029719

user-defined tag

• 14 Life Below Water