edu.ucar.opensky::articles:12197 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T04:11:47.040958 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7sj1mcj Mechanisms controlling mixed-layer temperature variability in the eastern tropical Pacific on the intraseasonal timescale 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7sj1mcj https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048545 Halkides, D. author Lucas, Lisanne E. author Waliser, D. author Lee, T. author Murtugudde, R. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a prominent mode of intraseasonal (~35-95 day) variability in the tropical Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Its impacts on ocean mixed-layer temperatures (MLT) in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETPO) are not well-understood. A previous study of mooring data at (110°W, EQ) implies vertical advection forced by MJO-generated Kelvin waves is important to ETPO intraseasonal MLT; another, based on model output over (120-100°W, 3°S-3°N), indicates meridional advection dominates. We analyze an ocean state estimate at (110°W, EQ) and find combined subsurface processes, including a notable vertical advection component like that expected from MJO-forced Kelvin waves, dominate. However, when averaged over (120-100°W, 3°S-3°N), subsurface processes and horizontal advection are both important, and effects of thermocline forcing (e.g., Kelvin waves) are small compared to those by local wind driven mixing and horizontal advection. The results highlight the importance of understanding regional physics on different spatial scales. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2011 American Geophysical Union. None eng geoscientificInformation