@article{fdi:010009023,
  title = {{M}echanism of the zonal displacements of the {P}acific warm pool : implications for {ENSO}},
  author = {{P}icaut, {J}o{\¨e}l and {I}oualalen, {M}ansour and {M}enk{\`e}s, {C}hristophe and {D}elcroix, {T}hierry and {M}c{P}haden, {M}.{J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he western equatorial {P}acific warm pool is subject to strong east-west migrations on interannual time scales in phase with the {S}outhern {O}scillation {I}ndex. {T}he dominance of surface zonal advection in this migration is demonstrated with four different current data sets and three ocean models. {T}he eastward advection of warm and less saline water from the western {P}acific together with the westward advection of cold and more saline water from the central-eastern {P}acific induces a convergence of water masses at the eastern edge of the warm pool and a well-defined salinity front. {T}he location of this convergence is zonally displaced in association with {E}l {N}ino-{L}a {N}ina wind-driven surface current variations. {T}hese advective processes and water-mass convergences have significant implications for understanding and simulating coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions associated with {E}l {N}ino-{S}outhern {O}scillation ({ENSO}). ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{INTERACTION} {OCEAN} {ATMOSPHERE} ; {COURANT} {MARIN} ; {TEMPERATURE} {DE} {SURFACE} ; {VARIATION} {SPATIALE} ; {EL} {NINO} ; {CIRCULATION} {OCEANIQUE} ; {MODELISATION} ; {PACIFIQUE} {EQUATORIAL} {OUEST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience},
  volume = {274},
  numero = {5292},
  pages = {1486--1489},
  ISSN = {0036-8075},
  year = {1996},
  DOI = {10.1126/science.274.5292.1486},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010009023},
}