Local and remote SST variability contribute to the westward shift of the Pacific Walker circulation during 1979–2015

Abstract During the modern satellite era since 1979, the Pacific Walker circulation (PWC) experienced an intensification and a westward shift, which has broad impacts on the global climate variability. While the strengthening of the PWC has been shown to be driven by both the regional Pacific sea su...

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Main Authors: Xichen Li, Xinyue Wang, Tao Lian, Nathaniel C. Johnson, Jiang Zhu, Chueh-Hsin Chang, Hailong Liu, Wenzhu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-021-00180-0