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1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Atmospheric heat budget 3
1.3 Atmosphere and ocean circulations 6
1.4 Ocean circulation, upwelling, and climate variations 10
1.5 Summary 14
References 15
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 Observed characteristics of tropical intraseasonal oscillation
and intraseasonal sea surface temperature anomaly 19
2.2.1 Observed intraseasonal oscillationsea surface
temperature anomaly relationship 19
2.2.2 Cause of the intraseasonal sea surface
temperature anomaly 22
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vi Contents
3.1 Introduction 61
3.2 El Niño/Southern Oscillation theory 63
3.2.1 Sporadic mode 65
3.2.2 Oscillatory mode 65
3.2.3 Asymmetry 67
3.3 Diversity and flavors 69
3.4 Teleconnection 72
3.5 Predictability 75
3.6 Decadal and future climate 81
3.7 Summary 83
Acknowledgments 85
References 85
Contents vii
Ming Feng CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Indian Ocean Marine Research
Centre, Crawley, WA, Australia
Ashok Karumuri University Centre for Earth and Space Sciences, University
of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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xiv List of Contributors
Toshio Yamagata1,2
1
Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo
2
Principal Research Scientist, Application Laboratory, JAMSTEC
E-mail: yamagata@jamstec.go.jp
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/res/ress/yamagata/
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Preface
Climate variability and change have huge impacts on the global socioeconomic conditions.
From agriculture to human health, the human society is now facing enormous challenges
owing to the extreme climate events that frequently appear with higher intensities under the
stress of global warming. It is not the first time that the planet has seen such changes. The
world has experienced the vagaries of climate extremes and climate change in all its pasts.
The only difference now, unlike our ancestors, is that we are in an opportune time when the
climate science has advanced rapidly and the scope of its scientific exploration has increased
manifold in the past few decades. Routine weather observations including satellite observa-
tions and advancement in telecommunication made it easier for the development of effective
weather prediction systems. Those together with the progresses in ocean observations have
also helped us to monitor and understand modes of climate variations like the El Niño/
Southern Oscillation (ENSO). We have also developed better insights on the behavior of
mean climate system and processes that are helping to maintain the mean ocean and atmo-
spheric heat budget, global circulations, etc. In the meantime, advances in computational
sciences have helped us to develop state-of-the-art numerical models and reliable climate
prediction systems. The present generations of global climate models are able to reliably pre-
dict climate variations, especially the tropical climate variations like ENSO and Indian Ocean
Dipole, several seasons ahead with skills not far behind that of the weather forecasts that are
done with a lead time of a few days.
Recent studies have also helped us in discovering new modes of climate variations in
subtropical and coastal regions as mentioned in the foreword of Prof. Toshio Yamagata.
Those are shown to be extremely important not only for the climate but also for the marine
and terrestrial ecosystems of those regions. An attempt is made in this book to review the
present status of all those research studies. Links to available resources are also provided at
the end of the book for further research in these areas. While we have developed a lot of
understanding on the airsea interactions of tropical and subtropical climate phenomena,
the research in mid-latitude airsea interactions is not that advanced. Nevertheless, we have
tried to bring one such topic for the discussions in the book to provide a flavor of what is
happening at this frontier. I hope the studies made by the leading experts in those areas of
climate research will help us to establish a base for understanding and predicting the present
climate. A better understanding of the present climate system will also help us to reduce
model biases and associated errors in the projections of future climate.
Swadhin Kumar Behera
Yokohama, May 19, 2020
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