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Decadal ocean variability

Pacific waves crash against a seawall in La Jolla, Calif.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ocean Warming Resumes in the Tropical Pacific

by Terri Cook 1 April 2019

The discovery of a decadal El Niño–like state associated with shifts in the Pacific trade winds could have important implications for predicting sea level in future decades.

Drought effects on a cornfield in Texas
Posted inScience Updates

Subseasonal to Decadal Predictions: Successes and Challenges

by G. Danabasoglu, F. Vitart and W. J. Merryfield 31 January 2019

International Conferences on Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction; Boulder, Colorado, 17–21 September 2018

New research seeks to uncover the primary mechanism behind the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ocean Dynamics May Drive North Atlantic Temperature Anomalies

by Sarah Stanley 9 October 2017

A new analysis of sea surface temperature and salinity over several decades seeks to settle the debate on which of two mechanisms underlies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Deep Ocean Layers Continue to Heat Up

by Kate Wheeling 1 March 2017

Researchers look at more than 3 decades of temperature trends in the deep ocean to understand the layers' energy budgets.

Estimated pattern of multidecadal internal variability in (top) Pacific and (bottom) Atlantic sea surface temperatures.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Was the Recent Slowdown in Surface Warming Predictable?

by Terri Cook 11 May 201611 May 2016

The temporary deceleration in warming across the Northern Hemisphere earlier this century could not have been foreseen by statistical forecasting methods, a new study concludes.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Big Climate Driver in a Small Ocean Basin

by Kate Wheeling 25 January 20167 September 2016

Scientists review Atlantic Ocean circulation variability and its applications for predicting decadal climate variation.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Can the North Brazil Current Help Us Understand Atlantic Water Flow?

by David Shultz 24 December 201524 December 2015

Currents off the coast of northern Brazil can be used to study changes in the larger oceanic circulation pattern in the Atlantic, when variable winds in the regions are properly accounted for.

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