Articles
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Tokinaga, H., Xie, S., Deser, C., Kosaka, Y., & Okumura, Y. M. (2012). Slowdown of the Walker Circulation driven by tropical Indo-Pacific warming. Nature, 491(7424), 439-443. doi:10.1038/nature11576
Global mean sea surface temperature (SST) has risen steadily over the past century, but the overall pattern contains extensive and often uncertain spatial variations, with potentially important effects on regional precipitation. Observations suggest a slowdown of the zonal atmospheric overturning circulation above the tropical Pacific Ocean (the Walker circulation) over the twentieth century.
Walker Cell
Websites
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Bureau of Meteorology. (2008, April 2). The Walker Circulation. Retrieved from http://www.bom.gov.au/watl/about-weather-and-climate/australian-climate-influences.shtml?bookmark=walkercirculation
The Walker Circulation refers to an east-west circulation of the atmosphere above the tropical Pacific, with air rising above warmer ocean regions (normally in the west), and descending over the cooler ocean areas (normally in the east). Its strength fluctuates with that of the Southern Oscillation. -
Di Liberto, T. (2014, August 1). The Walker Circulation: ENSO's atmospheric buddy. Retrieved from https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/walker-circulation-ensos-atmospheric-buddy
What does the entire Walker Circulation look like normally and how is it maintained?
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