Tropical and Extratropical Air-Sea Interactions: Modes of Climate Variations

Tropical and Extratropical Air-Sea Interactions: Modes of Climate Variations provides a thorough introduction to global atmospheric and oceanic processes, as well as tropical, subtropical and mid-latitude ocean-atmosphere interactions. Written by leading experts in the field, each chapter is dedicated to a specific topic of air-sea interactions (such as ENSO, IOD, Atlantic Nino, ENSO Modoki, and newly discovered coastal Niños/Niñas) and their teleconnections. As the first book to cover all topics of tropical and extra-tropical air-sea interactions and new modes of climate variations, this book is an excellent resource for researchers and students of ocean, atmospheric and climate sciences.

Presents case studies on the ocean-atmosphere phenomena, including El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole and different Nino/Nina phenomenaProvides a clear description of air-sea relationships across the world’s ocean with an analysis of air-sea relations in different time scales and a focus on climate changeIncludes prospects for air-sea interaction research, thus benefiting young researchers and students

1. Introduction to atmosphere and ocean variability and air-sea interactions

2. Impact of Atmosphere–Ocean Interactions on Propagation and Initiation of Boreal Winter and Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations

3. Air-sea interaction in tropical Pacific: The dynamics of ENSO

4. The El Niño Modoki

5. Air-sea interactions in tropical Indian Ocean: The IOD

6. The Indo - western Pacific Ocean capacitor effect

7. The Atlantic zonal mode: dynamics, thermodynamics, and tele- connections

8. The Ningaloo Niño/Niña: Mechanisms, Relation with Other Climate Modes and Impacts

9. Interannual-to-decadal variability and predictability in South Atlantic and southern Indian Oceans

10. The other coastal Nino/Nina (the California Nino/Nina, The Dakar Nino/Nina, Benguela Nino/Nina)

11. Impacts of strong warm ocean currents on development of extratropical cyclones 4 through the warm and cold conveyer belts: a review