Intensified modulation of the Pacific north equatorial current bifurcation by the southern annular mode since the early 1990s

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Li-Chiao Wang, Yong-Fu Lin, Chau-Ron Wu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Curl; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25661-w; https://doaj.org/article/14b30335b64841019b615de04b88a418

Abstract Long-term reanalysis data were used to assess inter-decadal to decadal modulations of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) bifurcation in the Pacific after the early 1990s. The wind stress curl anomaly (WSCA) in the region of 10° N–15° N and 160° E–170° E (C-BOX) had been found to excite Ross...