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Pantropical climate interactions
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 04:15 authored by Cai, W, Wu, L, Lengaigne, M, Li, T, McGregor, S, Kug, J-S, Yu, J-Y, Stuecker, MF, Santoso, A, Li, X, Ham, Y-G, Chikamoto, Y, Ng, B, McPhaden, MJ, Du, Y, Dommenget, D, Jia, F, Jules KajtarJules Kajtar, Keenlyside, N, Lin, X, Luo, J-J, Martin-Rey, M, Ruprich-Robert, Y, Wang, G, Xie, S-P, Yang, Y, Kang, SM, Choi, J-Y, Gan, B, Kim, G-I, Kim, C-E, S Kim, Kim, J-H, Chang, PThe El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which originates in the tropical Pacific, affects the rest of the world's tropics by perturbing global atmospheric circulation. Less appreciated than this influence is how the tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans affect the Pacific. Cai et al. review what we know about these pantropical interactions, discuss possible ways of improving predictions of current climate variability, and consider how projecting future climate under different anthropogenic forcing scenarios may be improved. They argue that making progress in this field will require sustained global climate observations, climate model improvements, and theoretical advances.
History
Publication title
ScienceVolume
363Issue
6430Article number
aav4236Number
aav4236Pagination
1-11ISSN
0036-8075Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Amer Assoc Advancement SciencePlace of publication
1200 New York Ave, Nw, Washington, USA, Dc, 20005Rights statement
Copyright 2017 The Authors. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science Volume 363 no 6430.Repository Status
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