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VARIABILITE PACIFIQUE MULTIDECENNALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

The internal modes of the North Pacific can lead to climatic oscillations through ocean-atmosphere interactions and induce global climate responses. The best example is the Pacific decadal oscillation, but this fails to explain many climate phenomena. Here, another multidecadal variability over the North Pacific is described, found by analyzing reconstructed data covering the past 140 years. It is named the Pacific multidecadal oscillation (PMO), with anomalously high/low [sea surface temperatures] over the northeastern Pacific, and a quasi-60-year cycle.

Key term(s)
  • Pacific multi-decadal oscillation
  • Pacific multi-decadal variability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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