Combined Role of High- and Low-frequency Processes of Equatorial Zonal Transport in Terminating an ENSO Event

Chen, Han-Ching; Sui, Chung-Hsiung; Tseng, Yu-Heng; Huang, Bohua

doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0329.1

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Combined Role of High- and Low-frequency Processes of Equatorial Zonal Transport in Terminating an ENSO Event

2018
By Chen, Han-Ching ; Sui, Chung-Hsiung ; Tseng, Yu-Heng ; ...
Source: J. Clim. (2018) 31(14): 5461–5483

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Journal of Climate
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Chen, Han-Ching ; Sui, Chung-Hsiung ; Tseng, Yu-Heng ; Huang, Bohua

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This study investigates the sudden reversal of anomalous zonal equatorial transport above thermocline at the peak phase of ENSO. The oceanic processes associated with zonal transport are separated into low-frequency ENSO cycle and high-frequency oceanic wave processes. Both processes can generate a reversal of equatorial zonal current at the ENSO peak phase, which is a trigger for the rapid termination of ENSO events. For the low-frequency process, zonal transport exhibits slower and basinwide evolution. During the developing phase of El Niño (La Niña), eastward (westward) transport prevails in the central-eastern Pacific, which enhances ENSO. At the peak of ENSO, a basinwide reversal of the zonal transport resulting from the recharge–discharge process occurs and weakens the existing SST anomalies. High-frequency zonal transport presents clear eastward propagation related to Kelvin wave propagation at the equator, reflection at the eastern boundary, and the westward propagating Rossby waves. The major westerly wind bursts (easterly wind surges) occur in late boreal summer and fall with coincident downwelling (upwelling) Kelvin waves for El Niño (La Niña) events. After the peak of El Niño (La Niña), Kelvin waves reach the eastern boundary in boreal winter and reflect as off-equatorial Rossby waves; then, the zonal transport switches from eastward (westward) to westward (eastward). The high-frequency zonal transport can be represented by equatorial wave dynamics captured by the first three EOFs based on the high-pass-filtered equatorial thermocline. The transport anomaly during the decaying phase is dominated by the low-frequency process in El Niño. However, the transport anomaly is caused by both low- and high-frequency processes during La Niña.
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J. Clim. (2018) 31(14): 5461–5483
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Grant no. NA14OAR4310160 ; Grant no. NA17OAR4310144

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