Diagram of Atmospheric Circulation Impacting Recent Pacific Climate (IMAGE)

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Diagram of Atmospheric Circulation Impacting Recent Pacific Climate

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This image shows inter-basin coupling as a cause of multi-year tropical Pacific climate predictability: Impact of Atlantic warming on global atmospheric Walker Circulation (arrows). Rising air over the Atlantic subsides over the equatorial Pacific, causing central Pacific sea surface cooling, which in turn reinforces the large-scale wind anomalies.

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Yoshimitsu Chikamoto

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