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Trade Winds in Equatorial Pacific

Trade Winds in Equatorial Pacific. ITCZ Location. ITCZ. July. ITCZ. January. Equatorial Divergence vs Subtropical Convergence. upwelling. downwelling. Trade Winds Cause Variations in Sea Surface Height. ITCZ. ITCZ. SSH. ITCZ. TradeWind Speed.

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Trade Winds in Equatorial Pacific

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  1. Trade Winds in Equatorial Pacific

  2. ITCZ Location ITCZ July ITCZ January

  3. Equatorial Divergence vs Subtropical Convergence upwelling downwelling

  4. Trade Winds Cause Variations in Sea Surface Height ITCZ ITCZ SSH

  5. ITCZ TradeWind Speed Meridional Trends in Trade Wind Strength, Sea Surface Height, and Currents in the Equatorial Pacific I------Conv------IDivIConI-Div-I---Conv---I Surface Current Direction westward eastward SSH (cm) HPG Depth (m)

  6. Zonal (east-west) trend in Sea Surface Height Zonal (E-W) Trend in Sea Surface Height Wind Stress SSH Temperature (+ = depth of EUC)

  7. Velocity Cross Sections Equatorial Undercurrent EUC Velocity (m/s) Temperature (ºC) A A 6

  8. SST in Equatorial Pacific ºC

  9. Surface Nitrate Distribution

  10. Photosynthesis Rates in Surface Ocean

  11. Temp Cross Sections in the Equatorial Pacific Salinity Oxygen Phosphate Zonal Vel.

  12. Effect of El Nino on Anchovy Catch El Ninos in red

  13. Array of Buoys Monitored by NOAA for Wind Speed, SST, Salinity, Current Velocities The best instrumented region of the world’s ocean

  14. Sea Surface Temperature Changes

  15. Weakening of Trade Winds during El Nino Normal El Nino

  16. Atmospheric Circulation and Precipitation Changes during El Nino Normal El Nino

  17. SST and Chlorophyll during El Nino El Nino Normal 9

  18. Animation of SST Anomalies during El Nino of 1997 • http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/sst_olr/old_sst/sst_9798_anim.shtml

  19. History of Southern Oscillation Index(and correlation with El Nino events) ENSO Index

  20. Change in Zonal Atmospheric Circulation in Equatorial Pacific

  21. Global Weather Anomalies during El Nino

  22. Global Weather Anomalies during La Nino

  23. El Nino Effects on US Temperatures (Winter) Warmer in northern midwest and cooler in south

  24. El Nino Effects on US Precipitation (Winter) Wetter in southeast US

  25. El Nino Effects on Jet Stream position and US Weather

  26. Currently El Nino Conditions (Nov 2009) SST anomaly is currently 1-4ºC warmer than normal (avg.= 1.5ºC).

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