The Tropical Rainfall Mapping Mission Microwave Imager (TMI) instrument Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product (v1.0) is compared with in situ observations obtained in the Atlantic Ocean. The TMI SST has a mean warm bias of 0.25K¡0.7K when compared to in situ SST at a depth of 7m. When TMI SST are compared to in situ skin SST measurements, the bias is 0.6K¡0.5K. A limited global comparison betwe...

Patterns of sea surface temperature (SST) variability on interannual and longer timescales result from a combination of atmospheric and oceanic processes. These SST anomaly patterns may be due to intrinsic modes of atmospheric circulation variability that imprint themselves upon the SST field mainly via surface energy fluxes. Examples include SST fluctuations in the Southern Ocean associated wi...

Observations indicate that the Atlantic zonal mode influences El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Pacific, as already suggested in previous studies. Here we demonstrate for the first time using partial coupled experiments that the Atlantic zonal mode indeed influences ENSO. The partial coupling experiments are performed by forcing the coupled general circulation model (ECHAM5/MPI-OM) wit...

In this study, we perform experiments with a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (CGCM) to examine ENSO’s influence on the interannual sea-surface temperature (SST) variability of the tropical Indian Ocean. The control experiment includes both the Indian and Pacific Oceans in the ocean model component of the CGCM (the Indo-Pacific Run). The anomaly experiment excludes ENSO’s infl...

| H igh sea surface temperature (SST) is generally required for deep convection that reaches the tropopause. In the current climate, the SST threshold for deep convection is somewhere around 26°–27°C, depending upon region and season (Gra-ham and Barnett 1987; Waliser et al. 1993). Over such warm oceans, SST changes cause deep convective adjustment , which in turn excites the dynamic response o...

[1] We investigate the impact of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) on surface wind, sea surface temperature (SST), and surface chlorophyll concentration on intraseasonal to interannual timescales in the Southern Ocean using 8-day average satellite observations. Positive phases of the SAM are associated with enhanced westerly winds over the Antarctic Zone (AZ) and Polar Frontal Zone, driving incre...

A new configuration called stressed splay twist (SST) mode is proposed. Such device has much stronger transient effect than conventional TN mode. By using this dynamic approach, the true steady state-to-steady state response time of the liquid crystal can be ignored. The transient response time is used, in conjunction with the pulsed light source. A QVGA FSC displays prototype using SST mode is...

gravity recovery and climate experiment (grace) satellite gravimetry mission launched in march 2002 based on its twin gravimetric satellites makes application of both high-low (hl) and law-low (ll) gravimetric techniques possible. the ll is based on satellite-to-satellite tracking (sst) via the one way two frequencies k-band-ranging between the two grace satellites. as a result of combination o...