Notes and Correspondence
Contrasting Impacts of Two-Type El Niño over the Western North Pacific during Boreal Autumn
2011 Volume 89 Issue 5 Pages 563-569
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2011 Volume 89 Issue 5 Pages 563-569
This work contrasts the climatic impacts of so-called warm-pool (WP) and cold-tongue (CT) El Niño on the atmospheric circulation over the western North Pacific (WNP). It is found that the anomalous atmospheric circulation over the WNP is nearly opposite in response to these two types of El Niño events in developing autumn. A weak anomalous anticyclone appears over the WNP during CT El Niño, whereas a weak anomalous cyclone emerges in the same region during WP El Niño. These nearly opposite autumn responses of atmospheric circulation have a significant impact on East Asian climate, and southern China autumn rainfall in particular, although this contrast tends to diminish as El Niño events enter their mature phase.
