@inproceedings{fdi:30211, title = {{A}ir-sea interaction in the western tropical {P}acific ocean during 1982/83 and 1986/87}, author = {{M}eyers, {G}. and {B}ailey, {R}. and {L}indstrom, {E}. and {P}hillips, {H}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he {S}outhern {O}scillation {I}ndex ({SOI}), equatorial zonal wind, sea level anomalies at islands, sea surface temperature at {P}uerto {C}hicama {P}eru and mixed layer temperature and depth from the {XBT} ship of opportunity network are used to describe conditions during the past two {ENSO} episodes. {O}nset of sustained {ENSO} anomalies in the 1986/87 episode was in {J}uly 1986, one month later in the year onset of the 1982/83 episode in {J}une 1982. {B}oth episodes of the 1980's the usual surface temperature difference along the equator between 165°{W} and 160°{E} reversed and rapidly increased to 1°{C} in the order direction. {ENSO} warming of the central {P}acific tends to be confined to the region 10°{N}-10°{S} whereas cooling of the western {P}acific occurs in a broader region from 19°{N}-19°{S}, and extents westward into the eastern {I}ndian {O}cean. {E}valuation of terms in the surface heat budget (for 1982/83 episode only) shows that the dominant mechanism of cooling surface temperature in the western {P}acific is latent heat flux. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{INTERACTION} {OCEAN} {ATMOSPHERE} ; {TEMPERATURE} {DE} {SURFACE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {ANOMALIE} ; {FLUX} {THERMIQUE} ; {ENSO} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL} {OUEST}}, numero = {}, pages = {229--246}, booktitle = {{W}estern {P}acific international meeting and workshop on {T}oga {C}oare : proceedings}, year = {1989}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:30211}, }