Research Catalog

Title

El Niño, southern oscillation & climatic variability / Rob Allan, Janette Lindesay, David Parker.

Author

Allan, Robert J.

Publication

Collingwood, Vic., Australia : CSIRO, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Lindesay, Janette
• Parker, David, 1947-
• Parker, David E.

Description

ix, 405 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 28 cm. +

Alternative Title

• El Niño, southern oscillation, and climatic variability
• El Niño, southern oscillation, and climatic variability

Subject

• Ocean-atmosphere interaction
• Southern oscillation
• Climatic changes
• Meteorological Concepts
• Climate Change
• El Niño Current
• Pacific Ocean

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-116).

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying disc: IBM PC or compatible; DOS, Windows or Unix.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Concepts and Scene Setting 1 -- El Nino and La Nina, Southern Oscillation and SOI, ENSO 4 -- The Oceans: El Nino and La Nina 4 -- The Atmosphere: Southern Oscillation and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) 7 -- The Ocean-Atmosphere System: ENSO 19 -- ENSO Structure, Nature and Physical Characteristics 22 -- Teleconnections 22 -- Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction 23 -- Recent Statistical Forecasting 29 -- Indo-Pacific Regional Focus 31 -- Climatic Variability 34 -- ENSO Components (Quasi-Biennial and Low Frequency) 37 -- Stationary and Propagational Aspects 39 -- Modelling ENSO 39 -- 2. Data and Methods 45 -- Global Monthly Gridded SST Data from 1871 to 1994 45 -- Global Monthly Gridded MSLP Data from 1871 to 1994 45 -- Land and Island MSLP Data from 1871 to 1994 52 -- Checking and Correcting Land and Island Station MSLP Data Inhomogeneities 52 -- Collation of Ship MSLP Data and Checking and Correcting their Inhomogeneities 54 -- Construction of the Gridded Monthly MSLP Fields 55 -- Calculation and Filtering of Nino 3, Nino 4 and SOI Series 57 -- Calculation of Correlation and Filtered Fields of MSLP and SST 59 -- Data Sources for ENSO Phase Composites and Impact Maps 59 -- 3. Oceanic, Atmospheric and Hydrological Variable Responses to ENSO 61 -- SST, Convective Regions and Atmospheric Teleconnections 62 -- Rainfall (Droughts and Floods), River Discharge, Snow, Frost and Fire 64 -- Air Temperature 65 -- Sea Level 67 -- 4. ENSO Teleconnection Patterns in Historical Records 69 -- Value of Simple ENSO Indices (i.e. SOI and Nino 3 and 4) 69 -- Teleconnection Stability in Time and Space 69 -- Spatial Patterns of Correlations of Darwin MSLP with Global MSLP in 21-year Epochs: 1879-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1941, 1942-1962, 1963-1983 71 -- Spatial Patterns of Correlations of EEP SST with Global SST in 21-year Epochs: 1879-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1941, 1942-1962, 1963-1983 77 -- 5. Wider Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Impacts 83 -- A Significant Scientific Contributors to the Early Evolution of ENSO 87 -- B Alexander James 'Sandy' Troup 89 -- Annotated Maps of Climatic Events and Fluctuations: 1871-1994 -- 8. Detailed History of Selected ENSO Phases 119 -- Assessment of Event History Using ENSO Impact maps: A range of El Nino and La Nina Phases and their Impacts Since 1871 119 -- El Nino Impact Maps 120 -- La Nina Impact Maps 137 -- 9. Filtered Normalised Monthly Anomalies of MSLP and SST Since 1871 157.

ISBN

0643058036

LCCN

^^^97160239^

OCLC

• 36438253
• SCSB-10199328

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library