Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

被引:564
作者
Hu, Dunxin [1 ]
Wu, Lixin [2 ]
Cai, Wenju [2 ,3 ]
Sen Gupta, Alex [4 ]
Ganachaud, Alexandre [5 ]
Qiu, Bo [6 ]
Gordon, Arnold L. [7 ]
Lin, Xiaopei [2 ]
Chen, Zhaohui [2 ]
Hu, Shijian [1 ]
Wang, Guojian [3 ]
Wang, Qingye [1 ]
Sprintall, Janet [8 ]
Qu, Tangdong [9 ]
Kashino, Yuji [10 ]
Wang, Fan [1 ]
Kessler, William S. [11 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Ocean Circulat & Waves, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China
[2] Ocean Univ China, Qingdao Collaborat Innovat Ctr Marine Sci & Techn, Phys Oceanog Lab, Qingdao 266003, Peoples R China
[3] CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere Flagship, Aspendale, Vic 3195, Australia
[4] Univ New S Wales, Australian Res Council ARC Ctr Excellence Climate, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[5] UPS OMP PCA, LEGOS UMR5566, IRD, F-31400 Toulouse, France
[6] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Oceanog, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[7] Columbia Univ, Earth Inst, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
[8] Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
[9] Univ Hawaii, SOEST, Dept Oceanog, IPRC, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[10] Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol JAMSTEC, Ctr Earth Informat Sci & Technol, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360001, Japan
[11] NOAA, Pacific Marine Environm Lab, Seattle, WA 98115 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; MINDANAO CURRENT; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; SOUTH-PACIFIC; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL PACIFIC; DECADAL VARIABILITY;
D O I
10.1038/nature14504
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering oceanographers. The widely accepted but poorly quantified importance of these currents-in processes such as the El Nino/Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and the Indonesian Throughflow-has triggered renewed interest. Ongoing efforts are seeking to understand the heat and mass balances of the equatorial Pacific, and possible changes associated with greenhouse-gas-induced climate change. Only a concerted international effort will close the observational, theoretical and technical gaps currently limiting a robust answer to these elusive questions.
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页码:299 / 308
页数:10
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