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Some mechanisms affecting sea-surface temperature anomaly formation in the North Pacific

Über etliche Mechanismen, welche die Erzeugung von Temperaturanomalien der Meeresoberfläche im Nordpazifik beeinflussen

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Among the various terms entering the heat budget of an oceanic volume close to the ocean surface and affecting sea-surface temperature (SST) anomalies, advection in the large current systems appears to be of importance in the West Pacific. Long-term trends in this advection appear to be coupled, to a certain extent, to forcing by zonal wind stress in the North Pacific trade-wind region. Variability of SST on time scales of the order of months off the coast of Japan seems to be governed, at least in part, by current meanders, and in the open ocean by winds-stress operated mechanisms.

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Von den verschiedenen Termen, welche in den Wärmehaushalt eines Wasservolumens in der Nähe der Meeresoberfläche eingehen und welche Anomalien der Oberflächentemperatur (SST) beeinflussen, scheint die Advektion in den großräumigen Strömungssystemen, vor allem im Westpazifik, einige Bedeutung zu besitzen. Langzeitige Tendenzen in dieser Advektion scheinen zu einem gewissen Grade mit der Schubspannung der Passatwinde des Nordpazifik gekoppelt zu sein. Die Variabilität der Meeresoberflächentemperaturen innerhalb der Zeitspanne von etlichen Monaten scheint entlang der japanischen Küste, zumindest teilweise, von Strömungsmäandern und im offenen Ozean von windschubbeeinflußten Mechanismen kontrolliert zu sein.

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    Present address: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Foothills Campus, Solar House 3, 80523, Ft. Collins, CO, U. S. A.

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    Reiter, E.R. Some mechanisms affecting sea-surface temperature anomaly formation in the North Pacific. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. A. 28, 195–210 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02310166

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