Mixed-layer Heat Budget in W er Heat Budget in Western and Eastern Tropical P opical Pacific Ocean during El Niño Event in 2015/2016

Khakim, Mokhamad Yusup Nur (2020) Mixed-layer Heat Budget in W er Heat Budget in Western and Eastern Tropical P opical Pacific Ocean during El Niño Event in 2015/2016. Makara Journal of Science, 12 (1). pp. 10-16. ISSN 23391995

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Abstract

Temporal variation of mixed-layer heat budget at two contrasting locations, namely, western Pacific (warm water pool) and eastern Pacific (cold tongue) during the extreme El Niño phenomenon in 2015/2016 is evaluated. Oceanic and at�mospheric datasets, including sea surface temperature (SST), wind stress, shortwave radiation (SWR), longwave radia�tion, latent heat flux (LHF), and sensible heat flux are analyzed. A slight warming occurred in the eastern tropical Pacif�ic associated with a positive SST anomaly, which reflected the weakening or reversal of the trade winds. Meanwhile, the western tropical Pacific exhibited a cooling tendency during the development phase of El Niño. Analysis of the mixed-layer heat budget shows that the net heat flux due to SWR and LHF significantly contributes to the warming of the eastern tropical Pacific. The contribution from horizontal advection was extremely small on both sides. The analysis shows that the residual term significantly contributes to cooling (warming) tendency observed in the western (eastern) tropical Pacific. This condition may suggest that residual process due to entrainment and diffusivity played an important role in the evolution of cooling (warming) process in the western (eastern) tropical Pacific.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	#3 Repository of Lecturer Academic Credit Systems (TPAK) > Articles Access for TPAK (Not Open Sources)
Divisions:	08-Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science > 45102-Physics (S2)
Depositing User:	Mokhamad Yusup Nur Khakim
Date Deposited:	19 May 2023 07:27
Last Modified:	19 May 2023 07:27
URI:	http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/103818

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