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- Title
The North Equatorial Countercurrent East of the Dateline, Its Variations and Its Relationship to the El Niño Event.
- Authors
Wijaya, Yusuf Jati; Wisha, Ulung Jantama; Hisaki, Yukiharu
- Abstract
Using forty years (1978–2017) of Ocean Reanalysis System 4 (ORAS4) dataset, the purpose of this study is to investigate the fluctuation of the North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) to the east of the dateline in relation to the presence of three kinds of El Niño events. From spring (MAM) through summer (JJA), we found that the NECC was stronger during the Eastern Pacific El Niño (EP El Niño) and the MIX El Niño than during the Central Pacific El Niño (CP El Niño). When it comes to winter (DJF), on the other hand, the NECC was stronger during the CP and MIX El Niño and weaker during the EP El Niño. This NECC variability was affected by the fluctuations of thermocline depth near the equatorial Pacific. Moreover, we also found that the seasonal southward shift of the NECC occurred between winter and spring, but the shift was absent during the CP and MIX El Niño events. This meridional shift was strongly affected by the local wind stress.
- Subjects
SEASONS; OCEAN; WINTER; SUMMER
- Publication
Journal of Marine Science & Engineering, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 10, p1041
- ISSN
2077-1312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jmse9101041