BOM: El Niño persists as positive IOD emerges in a warm Indian Ocean
BOM, 29 September 2015 The tropical Pacific ocean and atmosphere are reinforcing each other, maintaining…
BOM, 29 September 2015 The tropical Pacific ocean and atmosphere are reinforcing each other, maintaining…
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) 印度洋偶极事件是指发生在印度洋的一种特殊的海气相互作用现象。IOD指数一般定义为热带西印度洋(50~70E,10S-10N)和赤道东南印度洋(90-110E,10S-0)的平均海表温度距平之差。正IOD事件的典型特征是:印度洋东南侧近赤道的海面温度(SST)距平降低,而印度洋西侧近赤道的SST距平偏高。在这种情况下,对流活动在印度洋西侧异常活跃,在东侧则相对萎靡,导致非洲东部出现大规模降水,而印度尼西亚一带却出现干旱,甚至引发森林大火。 (more…)
15 June 2015 Current Situation and Outlook The tropical Pacific atmosphere and ocean are currently…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250"] BOM ENSO tracker was upgraded to EL NIÑO status on 12…