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Journal Title:
Ocean Modelling
Personal Author:
Shukla, Ravi P. ; Kinter, James L. ; Shin, Chul-Su
Shukla, Ravi P. ; Kinter, James L. ; Shin, Chul-Su Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office)
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office) Less -
Description:
This study evaluates the effect of El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) events on 14-day mean significant wave height (SWH) at 3 weeks lead time (Wk34) over the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System, version 2 (CFSv2). The WAVEWATCH-3 (WW3) model is forced with daily 10m-winds predicted by a modified version of CFSv2 that is initialized with multiple ocean analyses in both January and May for 1979–2008. A significant anomaly correlation of predicted and observed SWH anomalies (SWHA) at Wk34 lead-time is found over portions of the domain, including the central western Pacific, South China Sea (SCS), Bay of Bengal (BOB) and southern Indian Ocean (IO) in January cases, and over BOB, equatorial western Pacific, the Maritime Continent and southern IO in May cases. The model successfully predicts almost all the important features of the observed composite SWHA during El Niño events in January, including negative SWHA in the central IO where westerly wind anomalies act on an easterly mean state, and positive SWHA over the southern Ocean (SO) where westerly wind anomalies act on a westerly mean state. The model successfully predicts the sign and magnitude of SWHA at Wk34 lead-time in May over the BOB and SCS in composites of combined phases-2-3 and phases-6-7 of MJO. The observed leading mode of SWHA in May and the third mode of SWHA in January are influenced by the combined effects of ENSO and MJO. Based on spatial and temporal correlations, the spatial patterns of SWHA in the model at Wk34 in both January and May are in good agreement with the observations over the equatorial western Pacific, equatorial and southern IO, and SO.
Keywords:
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El Niño Current Prediction Waves ENSO
Source:
Ocean Modelling, 123: 1-15
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.01.002
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
Grant no. NA14OAR4310160
Rights Information:
Accepted Manuscript
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CHORUS
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urn:sha256:7f663a29d4ca7c78af8fc2643449f23d2d5b301278b0cadd9eb9c563055f40df
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49412/noaa_49412_DS1.pdf
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