Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect

Biennial variability has intensified in the Pacific in recent decades, but the cause of this increase is not fully understood. Here, with statistical analyses and numerical experiments, the authors show that an Atlantic capacitor effect has given rise to this enhanced biennial variability since the...

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Main Authors: Lei Wang, Jin-Yi Yu, Houk Paek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14887
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spelling doaj-e7f71894a863422d946ecec46e1867c42021-05-11T07:08:43ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-03-01811710.1038/ncomms14887Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effectLei Wang0Jin-Yi Yu1Houk Paek2Department of Earth System Science, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Earth System Science, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Earth System Science, University of CaliforniaBiennial variability has intensified in the Pacific in recent decades, but the cause of this increase is not fully understood. Here, with statistical analyses and numerical experiments, the authors show that an Atlantic capacitor effect has given rise to this enhanced biennial variability since the early 1990s.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14887
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Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect
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title Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect
title_short Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect
title_full Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect
title_fullStr Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect
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description Biennial variability has intensified in the Pacific in recent decades, but the cause of this increase is not fully understood. Here, with statistical analyses and numerical experiments, the authors show that an Atlantic capacitor effect has given rise to this enhanced biennial variability since the early 1990s.
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