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Slowdown of the Walker circulation driven by tropical Indo-Pacific warming

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  • Hiroki Tokinaga

    (International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Shang-Ping Xie

    (International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China)

  • Clara Deser

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000)

  • Yu Kosaka

    (International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Yuko M. Okumura

    (Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas 78758, USA)

Abstract

Changes in the Walker circulation, an enormous east–west atmospheric circulation over the equatorial Pacific Ocean, are shown to be driven by changes in zonal sea surface temperature gradients rather than by changes in the hydrological cycle, as previously suggested.

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  • Hiroki Tokinaga & Shang-Ping Xie & Clara Deser & Yu Kosaka & Yuko M. Okumura, 2012. "Slowdown of the Walker circulation driven by tropical Indo-Pacific warming," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7424), pages 439-443, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7424:d:10.1038_nature11576
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11576
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    1. Cong Gao & Lei Zhou & Chunzai Wang & I.-I. Lin & Raghu Murtugudde, 2022. "Unexpected limitation of tropical cyclone genesis by subsurface tropical central-north Pacific during El Niño," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.
    2. Mingna Wu & Tianjun Zhou & Chao Li & Hongmei Li & Xiaolong Chen & Bo Wu & Wenxia Zhang & Lixia Zhang, 2021. "A very likely weakening of Pacific Walker Circulation in constrained near-future projections," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Anil Deo & Savin S. Chand & R. Duncan McIntosh & Bipen Prakash & Neil J. Holbrook & Andrew Magee & Alick Haruhiru & Philip Malsale, 2022. "Severe tropical cyclones over southwest Pacific Islands: economic impacts and implications for disaster risk management," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 172(3), pages 1-23, June.
    4. Jordan I. Christian & Jeffrey B. Basara & Eric D. Hunt & Jason A. Otkin & Jason C. Furtado & Vimal Mishra & Xiangming Xiao & Robb M. Randall, 2021. "Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.

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