An Equatorial–Extratropical Dipole Structure of the Atlantic Niño

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Nnamchi, Hyacinth C, Li, Jianping, Kucharski, Fred, Kang, In-Sik, Keenlyside, Noel, Chang, Ping, Farneti, Riccardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
• Subjects: Geographic location/entity; Atlantic Ocean; Circulation/ Dynamics; Atmosphere-ocean interaction; Ocean dynamics; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Fluxes; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Statistics; Variability; Interannual variability; St. Helena; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/13117; https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-15-0894.1

Equatorial Atlantic variability is dominated by the Atlantic Niño peaking during the boreal summer. Studies have shown robust links of the Atlantic Niño to fluctuations of the St. Helena subtropical anticyclone and Benguela Niño events. Furthermore, the occurrence of opposite sea surface temperature...