Dynamic Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling: A Thermostat for the Tropics

作者：De‐Zheng Sun, Zhengyu Liu · 发表于：Science · 年份：1996 · DOI：10.1126/science.272.5265.1148 · 被引用次数：195 · 研究领域：Climate variability and models、Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes、Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

The ocean currents connecting the western tropical Pacific Ocean with the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are driven by surface winds. The surface winds are in turn driven by the sea-surface temperature (SST) differences between these two regions. This dynamic coupling between the atmosphere and ocean may limit the SST in the tropical Pacific Ocean to below 305 kelvin even in the absence of cloud feedbacks.