Abrupt termination of the 1997-98 El Nino in response to a Madden-Julian oscillation

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6759, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Takayabu, Yukari N ^a   Iguchl, Toshio ^b   Kachi, Misako ^c   Shibata, Akira ^c   Kanzawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICS; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 0033581932     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46254     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Madden, R. A. & Julian, P. R. Detection of a 40-50 day oscillation in the zonal wind in the tropical Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci. 28, 702-708 (1971).
2. Madden, R. A. & Julian, P. R. Description of global scale circulation cells in the tropics with a 40-50 day period. J. Atmos. Sci. 29, 1109-1120 (1972).
3. McPhaden, M. J. Genesis and evolution of the 1997-98 El Nino. Science 283, 950-954 (1999).
4. Nitta, Ts. & Motoki, T. Abrupt enhancement of convective activity and low level westerly wind burst during the onset phase of 1986-87 El Nino. J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn 65, 497-506 (1987).
5. Nitta, Ts. Development of a twin cyclone and westerly wind bursts during the initial phase of 1986-87 El Nino. J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn 67, 677-681 (1989).
6. Nitta, Ts., Mizuno, T. & Takahashi, K. Multi-scale convective systems during the initial phase of 1986/ 87 El Nino. J. Meterol. Soc. Jpn 70, 317-335 (1992).
7. Kindle, J. C. & Phoebus, P. A. The ocean response to operational westerly wind bursts. J. Geophys. Res. 100, 4893-4920 (1995).
8. Lau, K. M. & Chan, P. H. The 40-50 day oscillation and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation: A new perspective. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 67, 533-534 (1986).
9. Suarez, M. J. &, Schopf, P. S. A delayed action oscillator for ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci. 45, 3283-3287 (1988).
10. Battisti, D. S. Dynamics and thermodynamics of a warming event in a coupled tropical atmosphere-ocean model. J. Atmos. Sci. 45, 2889-2919 (1988).
11. Wentz, F. J. & Spencer, R. W. SSM/I rain retrievals within a unified all-weather ocean algorithm. J. Atmos. Sci. 55, 1613-1627 (1998).
12. Shibata, A., Imaoka, K., Kachi, M. & Murakami, H. SST observation by TRMM Microwave Imager aboard Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Umi no Kenkyu 8, 135-139 (1999). (In Japanese.)
13. Harrison, D. E. & Vecchi, G. A. On the termination of El Niño. Geophys. Res. Lett. 26, 1593-1596 (1999).
14. Matsuno, T. Quasi-geostrophic motions in the equatorial area. J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn 44, 25-43 (1966).
15. Gill, A. E. Some simple solutions for heat-induced tropical circulation. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 106, 447-462 (1980).
16. Wang, B. & Rui, H. Synoptic climatology of transient tropical intraseasonal convection anomalies: 1975-1985 Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 44, 43-61 (1990).
17. Wang, B. & Xie, X. Low-frequency equatorial waves in vertically sheared zonal flow. Part 1: Stable waves. J. Atmos. Sci. 53, 449-467 (1996).
18. Slingo, J. M. et al. Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject. Clim. Dyn. 12, 325-357 (1996).