Normal Conditions. The Walker Circulation El Niño Conditions.
E l Nino-Southern Oscillation ENSO Richard H. Grumm and Paul Knight V_2.2 10 February 2004 26March 2002.
The Madden-Julian Oscillation ATS 553. Intraseasonal Oscillations “Any quasiperiodic atmospheric fluctuation that is: –Longer than synoptic features,
El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Ocean-atmosphere interactions.
Mean annual SST. EQ WestEast Equatorial Divergence.
SSH anomalies from satellite. Observed annual mean state Circulation creates equatorial cold tongues eastern Pacific Trades -> Ocean upwelling along Equator.
Lecture 2: Onset of El Nino, the greenhouse effect, and consequences of Arctic ice melt.