1. A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean.
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Saji, N. H., Goswami, B. N., Vinayachandran, P. N., and Yamagata, T.
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OCEAN-atmosphere interaction , *CLIMATE change , *RAINFALL anomalies , *ECOLOGY - Abstract
Presents an analysis of observational data over forty years, showing a dipole mode in the Indian Ocean, a pattern of internal variability with anomalously low sea surface temperatures off Sumatra and high sea surface temperatures in the western Indian Ocean, with accompanying wind and precipitation anomalies. The air-sea interaction unique and inherent in the Indian Ocean, which is independent of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation.
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- 1999
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