Analysis of the air-sea heat exchange during the El Nino event in 1983

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1990-04-14
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Inthispaper,byusingtheECMWFobjectiveanalyseddataaswellasCACandNOAAgridpointdataof1981and1983,thesensibleandlatentheatfluxesattheairandseaboundarysurfacewithintherangeof45°E-75°W,35°N-35°SoverthePacificandtheIndianOceanarecalculated.Thepurposeistoanalysethedifferentrevealingfeaturesduringthematurestageandattheendofthe1982-1983ElNinoeventandtocomparethedifferenceofthefeaturesbetweenthdElNinoandthenormal.TheresultshowsthattheairandseaheatexchangewestofthedatelineoverthecentraltropicalPacificduringtheEJNinoperiodismoreintensethanthatofthenormal.However,thefluxesofthesensibleandlatentheatontheseasurfacewithstrongwarmingofSSTneatbyandonthesouthsideoftheequatoreastof170°Warelowandevennegative,andthepatternsofthesensibleandlatentheatfluxesovertheIndianOceanduringtheyearof1983aresimilertothatofnormal.Spatialpatternsofthesensible