Interannual Variabilities of the Southern Bay of Bengal Cold Pool Associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Definition of ENSO Events
2.3. Heat Budget of the Mixed Layer
2.4. Ekman Pumping Velocity
3. Results
3.1. Interannual Variability in the SCP
3.2. Mechanisms for the Interannual Variability in the SCP’s SSTA Associated with ENSO Events
3.2.1. The Possible Influence of the SMC on the SCP
3.2.2. Possible Effects of Atmospheric Heating on the SCP
3.2.3. Heat Budget in the Mixed Layer in the SCP
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Feng, J.; Qiu, Y.; Dong, C.; Ni, X.; Lin, W.; Teng, H.; Pan, A. Interannual Variabilities of the Southern Bay of Bengal Cold Pool Associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 6169. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236169
Feng J, Qiu Y, Dong C, Ni X, Lin W, Teng H, Pan A. Interannual Variabilities of the Southern Bay of Bengal Cold Pool Associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(23):6169. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236169
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeng, Jianjie, Yun Qiu, Changming Dong, Xutao Ni, Wenshu Lin, Hui Teng, and Aijun Pan. 2022. "Interannual Variabilities of the Southern Bay of Bengal Cold Pool Associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation" Remote Sensing 14, no. 23: 6169. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236169