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- Title
Comments on ‘‘Combination Mode Dynamics of the Anomalous Northwest Pacific Anticyclone’’.
- Authors
LI, TIM; BIN WANG; LU WANG
- Abstract
In a recent paper, Stuecker et al. applied a ‘‘combination mode’’ (C-mode) theory to explain the formation of the anomalous western North Pacific anticyclone (WNPAC) during El Niño events. The C-mode, arising from interaction between the annual cycle and ENSO, is an Indo-Pacific basin mode with two ‘‘near annual’’ time scales (roughly 10 and 15 months, respectively). This comment discusses to what extent the C-mode can explain the WNPAC dynamics. The major findings are the following: 1) spectral analysis of the Indo-Pacific circulation anomaly fields indicates that the 10-month mode is not observed and the 15-month mode is only seen in the western North Pacific (WNP), where its spectral peak is statistically insignificant; 2) the 15-month mode (with a period of 13–19 months) accounts for only a small portion (13%) of the observed sea level pressure anomaly in the WNP; and 3) the C-mode evolution does not capture the observed timing of the WNPAC onset in the northern fall of El Niño developing year. In addition it is shown, based on observational analyses and numerical experiments, that local atmosphere–ocean interaction plays an important role in formation of the anomalous anticyclonic center over the Philippine Sea.
- Subjects
NORTH Pacific Ocean; PHILIPPINE Sea; EL Nino; ANTICYCLONES; OCEAN-atmosphere interaction; ATMOSPHERIC circulation; OCEAN circulation; MARINE ecology
- Publication
Journal of Climate, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 12, p4685
- ISSN
0894-8755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0385.1