«More research into the potential weather impacts of an AMOC slowdown and
the associate sea surface temperature pattern is needed, given the results of the two new studies suggesting a weak AMOC that is likely to weaken further,» Thornalley told Live Science.
Not exact matches
This seems to be
associated with particular
patterns of change in
sea surface temperature in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a teleconnection which is well - captured in climate models on seasonal timescales.
But it wouldn't be an El Nino in the complete sense (the
sea surface temperature anomalies along with the
associated changes to the dominant weather
patterns).
Publishing in the journal Nature he argued, «The changes are all
associated with
patterns of dry - season mist frequency, which is negatively correlated with
sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific.»
The large interannual to decadal hydroclimatic variability in winter precipitation is highly influenced by
sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the tropical Pacific Ocean and
associated changes in large - scale atmospheric circulation
patterns [16].
Local weather, particularly extreme local weather, is often determined by fluctuations in large
patterns of regional atmospheric pressure and
sea surface temperatures, such as the Arctic Oscillation (and its close relative, the North Atlantic Oscillation) and other
patterns associated with El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO).