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ENSO indices from sea surface salinity observed by Aquarius and Argo
Authors
A Singh
C Bosc
+29 more
C Maes
C Maes
EM Rasmusson
FF Jin
G Eldin
G Lagerloef
H Weng
H-Y Kao
J Mignot
J Picaut
J Picaut
J-Y Yu
J-Y Yu
Jin-Yi Yu
JR Donguy
K Ashok
K Takahashi
K Trenberth
KE Trenberth
M Rodier
MA Spall
MJ Suarez
RH Weisberg
T Delcroix
T Delcroix
T Delcroix
T Delcroix
Tangdong Qu
Y Kuroda
Publication date
1 January 2014
Publisher
'Springer Science and Business Media LLC'
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Abstract
Analysis of the first 26 months of data from the Aquarius satellite confirms the existence of a sharp sea surface salinity (SSS) front along the equator in the western equatorial Pacific. Following several earlier studies, we use the longitudinal location of the 34.8-psu isohaline as an index, termed Niño-S34.8, to measure the zonal displacement of the SSS front and consequently the eastern edge of the western Pacific warm pool. The on-going collection of the Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (ARGO) program data shows high correlations between Niño-S34.8 and the existing indices of El Niño, suggesting its potential important role in ENSO evolution. Further analysis of the ARGO data reveals that SSS variability in the southeastern tropical Pacific is crucial to identify the type of El Niño. A new SSS index, termed the southeastern Pacific SSS index (SEPSI), is defined based on the SSS variability in the region (0°-10°S, 150°-90°W). The SEPSI is highly correlated with the El Niño Modoki index, as well as the Trans-Niño index, introduced by previous studies. It has large positive anomalies during central Pacific El Niño or El Niño Modoki events, as a result of enhanced zonal sea surface temperature gradients between the central and eastern tropical Pacific, and can be used to characterize the type of El Niño. The processes that possibly control these SSS indices are also discussed. © 2014 The Oceanographic Society of Japan and Springer Japan
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