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4 - Interacting Interannual Variability of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2021

By
Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca ,
Yoo-Geun Ham ,
Sang-Ki Lee ,
Marta Martín-Rey ,
Irene Polo Sánchez  and
Regina R. Rodrigues
Edited by
Carlos R. Mechoso
Carlos R. Mechoso
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Summary

The previous chapters have addressed the variability of the oceans and the fundamental understanding of the mechanisms at work for such variability. The basic concepts of teleconnections between ocean basins through the atmosphere were also examined. This chapter focuses on the principal modes of interannual variability of the coupled atmosphere–ocean system in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and discusses the special ways in which these modes can influence each other.

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Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins
Observations, Mechanisms, Predictability, and Impacts
 , pp. 120 - 152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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