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Gulf Stream shifts following ENSO events

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  • Arnold H. Taylor

    (NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory)

  • Michael B. Jordan

    (NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory)

  • John A. Stephens

    (NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory)

Abstract

Over the past three decades the annual mean latitude of the Gulf Stream off the coast of the United States has been forecastable from the intensity of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)1, the predictions accounting for more than half the variance. Here we show that much of the unexplained variance can be accounted for by the Southern Oscillation in the Pacific, the Gulf Stream being displaced northwards following El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. This provides a link between events in the equatorial Pacific and the circulation and weather conditions of the North Atlantic.

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  • Arnold H. Taylor & Michael B. Jordan & John A. Stephens, 1998. "Gulf Stream shifts following ENSO events," Nature, Nature, vol. 393(6686), pages 638-638, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:393:y:1998:i:6686:d:10.1038_31380
    DOI: 10.1038/31380
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