Mixed-Mode Oscillations of El Nino-Southern Oscillation

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作者
Roberts, Andrew [1 ]
Guckenheimer, John [1 ,5 ]
Widiasih, Esther [2 ]
Timmermann, Axel [3 ]
Jones, Christopher K. R. T. [4 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Univ Hawaii West Oahu, Kapolei, HI USA
[3] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[4] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
[5] Cornell Univ, Dept Math, 310 Malott Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
La Nina; Circulation/; Dynamics; Differential equations; Southern Oscillation; Models and modeling; Atm/Ocean Structure/ Phenomena; ENSO; El Nino; Nonlinear models; Mathematical and statistical techniques; SINGULAR PERTURBATION-THEORY; SUBTHRESHOLD OSCILLATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; CIRCULATION FEATURES; ENSO; NEURONS; BIFURCATION; FREQUENCY; CANARDS; CHAOS;
D O I
10.1175/JAS-D-15-0191.1
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
Very strong El Nino events occur sporadically every 10-20 yr. The origin of this bursting behavior still remains elusive. Using a simplified three-dimensional dynamical model of the tropical Pacific climate system, which captures El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) combined with recently developed mathematical tools for fast-slow systems, the authors show that decadal ENSO bursting behavior can be explained as a mixed-mode oscillation (MMO), which also predicts a critical threshold for rapid amplitude growth. It is hypothesized that the MMO dynamics of the low-dimensional climate model can be linked to a saddle-focus equilibrium point, which mimics a tropical Pacific Ocean state without ocean circulation.
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页码:1755 / 1766
页数:12
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