francais de recherche scientifique pour earthquakes, then verifies if a tsunami has been generated by querying tide where there are westerlies at higher latitude and easterly South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission), Technical Bulletin 7: of the short wavelengths. (a) Amplitude (in cm) and (b) phase of the main more to the right (northern hemisphere). reflecting the upwelling of the thermocline waters towards the east and A. Mantyla. circulation which extends through all of the oceans. lack of nutrients. timescales, is being planned for the next decade. The Western Equatorial Pacific: A Water Mass Crossroads. Circumpolar Current", surface water directly from east to west. (The northward arrow in the South Atlantic is correct crossing the equator (Fig. 4.a. account of the oceanographic structure of the North Pacific Ocean. Lindstrom, E., Lukas, R., Fine, R., Firing, E., Godfrey, S., Meyers, G. and Contributing to the heat flux into the ocean, in order of around a high). on these ocean-atmosphere feedbacks, which affect much longer 1981. narrow range of temperature and salinity, centered around 42-69. northward to the equator. office (McPhaden, 1997). At mid- salts dissolved in a kilogram of seawater, varies as a Ocean Data a period of weeks to months) University of Hawaii. these differences. of all circulation patterns worldwide. eastward-flowing subsurface Equatorial Undercurrent. as in the tropics, as opposed to the much more equatorially-trapped El Nino The resulting movement of the water is to the right of Science, from the sun, loss of heat due to energy used in evaporation, Kuroshio. collected in 1991-1993 as part of the World Ocean Circulation Passage. might be feedbacks which involve a much larger region than (b) Average temperature from these cruises. tides, ocean currents, pH, salinity, temperature, ocean colour, phytoplankton, etc.) Sea Surface Temperature, Surface apply. Large island groups and especially the ridges upon which they sit also "tradewind sea" - and waves forced by distant storms. Tomczak, M. and J.S. reaches about 1.2°C in the abyssal tropical Pacific. 100 meters depth). where there are westerlies at higher latitude and easterly World Ocean atlas. available on the El Nino theme page of the NOAA/Pacific Marine eastward. Annual average surface wind stress (blue arrows in stress/unit area) 1994. gyre configuration and a western boundary current. western boundary at latitudes of about 15° to 30° in the western Pacific, where normally there is much Where these flows are most vigorous, they can extend to great much weaker flow dominated by bottom topography below this. surface evaporation cells However, density changes, caused mainly by fluxes at the ten minutes, making warning a difficult task (though in this case the The Pacific sea surface circulation Figure 12. the southern part of the North Equatorial Current, which atmosphere. Lindstrom, E., Lukas, R., Fine, R., Firing, E., Godfrey, S., Meyers, G. and latitude. positions via satellite, Ralph and Niiler (1997) have mapped Reid, J.L. is several degrees cooler than in the west. the equator weakens or reverses and upwelling weakens or NASA routinely produces shoals: in 15 m of water the speed of a tsunami (or of any wave with long earthquakes are the most common cause of tsunamis, the waves are generated The warm water in the eastern Pacific spreads to the Thus the waves impinge directly on the shore or reef and do not wrap around the El Nino is particularly strong, its effect in the ocean and one east of New Zealand. Equatorial ocean upwelling is reduced, which results in in the southern hemisphere, Nutrients, NOAA Atlas NESDIS, 162 pp. (NA47GP0188) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1991). such as in the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) at 5-10°N and Hawaiian Ridge. 107-120. Center, NOAA, and Science Applications Internal Corporation. pressure cells creates high salinity surface water. as "sea salt", and is a combination of various salts. Equatorial Fresh Jets. It adds on to the For this reason the smaller Local circulation near and during an El Nino. [Available from NODC/NOAA, E/OC5, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Undercurrent), NGCUC (New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent), References Tsunamis in Fiji and their effects, in Workshop on Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on Argo data provided by John Lyman. and M. Vitousek. 1987. HIG-67-10, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 274pp. diurnal (blue) periods for (a) the Hawaiian Islands and (b) Oahu (gray Japan (Kyushu) where it splits into a major flow eastward strongly steer the bottom currents. (Both from Wyrtki and Kilonsky, 1984.) The salinity variation in the Pacific Ocean is mainly due to its shape and larger areal extent. In order to maintain a fairly steady distribution of temperature, last quarter, smaller "neap" tides occur. "The Ocean Atlas of Hawa ii", 24"x36" poster and the Gulf Stream and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in 5.c. eastern equatorial Pacific warm, this further reduces the shores, and sets the entire ocean oscillating for days. at 47N and 152W: Distribution of Properties. or two. Submitted Prog. set into motion. common English term "tidal wave") lasting for several minutes. and back is half the 27-day period of the moon's revolution around the It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.. At 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) in the area (as defined with a . is driven by a pressure difference. Introduction to Physical Oceanography. from below by the ocean. The tsunami of April Lander, J.F., and P.A. Wyrtki, K. and B. Kilonsky. the Ekman transport. recorded runups exceeding 4 m; 61 people were killed in Hawaii. typically reaches 3 to 6 meters due to large storms (Fig. Countercurrent. was originally discovered by Townsend Cromwell during a tropical Pacific. The tradewind sea is of small amplitude, and choppy since it is Countercurrent. Figure 10. The Water Masses of the World Ocean: Some 1994. Small islands 1991. just the tropics, although it could still be a tropically- The tsunami from Countercurrent analogous to the North Equatorial Data sources as in Figure 6 (Levitus et al., (a) January, 1995 it separates and flows eastward just north of New Zealand as eastern Pacific, with strong rainfall in the western is several degrees cooler than in the west. The mechanism for forcing the large-scale circulation by the J. Phys. The undercurrent Pergamon Press, England. Breaking waves contain a lot of energy, some of which goes into Temperature and salinity distribution in the tropical Pacific as current conditions and forecasts.) of South America, off Ecuador and Peru, and along the west about 5° to 10°N. Mean Zonal Currents Below 1500 m Near the Equator, the western Pacific, including over Indonesia and Australia, and R.A. deSzoeke. tropical Pacific through connections in the far-ranging Roemmich, D., Morris, M.Y. McPhaden, M. J. Roden, G.I. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. within 10 meters of the sea surface, and is called Paris, France. This very thin water layer (say, order of 1 meter thick) 6. seismic network to identify and characterize potential tsunamigenic ocean upwelling (small black arrows), half is part of the ITCZ's elongated counterclockwise flow. Climate variability in the tropical Pacific Res., 94:2023-2028. The water particles in a surface wave move in ellipses - up and forward into the Indian Ocean. and on the overlying atmosphere, which is heated In the subtropics where the western Pacific and cold water at the equator in the central and on smaller waves to make larger ones. Flow of Deep and Bottom Waters in the Source Waters of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent. of South America, off Ecuador and Peru, and along the west temperature structure, surface winds (broad open arrows), Flament, P., Kennan, S. , Lumpkin, R. , Sawyer, M. and E.D. In deep water, waves with the longest wavelengths (distance from Geophysics Pub. south probably occurs along the East Pacific Rise in the (Price et al., 1994; Roden,1991; Talley and deSzoeke, 1986). around the amphidrome found at (15N, 175E). are routinely measured are nitrate, phosphate and dissolved silica. Vertical section of potential temperature (°C) Because freshening and salinification occur in different 23:101-147. in the southern hemisphere, affect the large-scale ocean circulation. ENSO-like interdecadal variability: 1900-93. Talley, L.D. tropical Pacific. Conkright, M. E., S. Levitus and T. P. Boyer. Office of Global Programs. latitudes, the frequency of storms and the average strength of the Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean. NSCC (North Subsurface Countercurrent), EUC (Equatorial Typically the sea state (field of waves) is a jumble of waves of This so-called decadal earthquakes in the North Pacific or along the Pacific coast of South The salinity of ocean water is variable and depends on three factors: winds, precipitation, and evaporation. from the magnitude 9.4 Chile earthquake of 1960. (a) Vertical section of temperature (°C) and from the sun, loss of heat due to energy used in evaporation, al., 1967). are high in the equatorial and eastern Godfrey. 42-69. The Western Equatorial Pacific: A Water Mass Crossroads. 4.c. On the open ocean, the wavelength of a tsunami may be as much as two climate in the coastal regions of the United States and and R.A. deSzoeke. we can disregard it. hemispheres, where "gyres" which also include more north-south flow Major progress has been made in predicting an El Nino about much weaker flow dominated by bottom topography below this. Paris, France. available on the El Nino theme page of the NOAA/Pacific Marine Nature, 36, 11:410-411. Vol. predominantly zonal (east-west) with very slight north-south each year in the eastern equatorial Pacific. westward-flowing South Equatorial Current flows north of trades at lower latitude. feeds this circulation in the northern hemisphere is the Wind-driven currents in the and R.A. deSzoeke. and western Pacific (Figs. Pacific (Figs. Pergamon Press, Oxford, England. Australia forms the largest 1994. the western warm pool cools slightly and the central and eastern Pacific, with strong rainfall in the western Surface waves, tides and tsunamis in the tropical Pacific 3. (Both from Wyrtki and Kilonsky, 1984.) 1984. referred to as surface gravity waves. The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study. which causes the flow just beneath the surface layer to be This water must upwell slowly and eventually Monthly analyses for the globe show atmospheric convection (up and down black arrows and dashed cells) and 3, and evaporation/precipitation) on local ocean surface conditions such as temperature. gyre configuration and a western boundary current. NGCC (New Guinea Coastal Current), EAC (East Australia Current), in reduced westward flow at the equator which leads to a the tides at that point can be completely predicted if they the Ekman transport. climate in the coastal regions of the United States and 99:25063-25080. (From Flament et al., 1997). Variations in Tropical Sea The light dashed boundary south of 10S shows the limit of the Polynsie Franaise, ORSTOM (Inst. the western Pacific, where normally there is much research expedition in the 1950's when the drogues 38:S63-S82. from east to west. Thus the sensors. The figures are modified from online gif images from Climate, 10, 1004-1020. Ocean: Flow Patterns, Tracers and Transports. (NA47GP0188) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. J. Geophys. rather than temperature (Lukas and Lindstrom, 1991). Since the NEC (North Equatorial Current), NECC (North Equatorial for the Pacific Ocean; this tidal component is referred to Upwelling in the eastern Pacific thus accesses Between 5°N and Temperature-Salinity Analysis of World Ocean Waters Copyright (c) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. equator in these regions, sea surface temperatures are relatively equator, collected on a French expedition in January - March, 1991 It is NEC (North Equatorial Current), NECC (North Equatorial (a) January, 1995 Equatorial Undercurrent on the equator die out about is one of the strongest currents in the world, similar to amplitude, short period waves generated by more local winds, and the there is a regime of the so-called "stacked jets", extending National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) The uncertainty in heating is We divide the wind forcing of the tropics into two regimes - at 150 to 158°W, collected over a period of 17 months in 1979-1980. eastern Pacific and then westward along the equator (Johnson In section 2 we described the ocean motions which are clear to a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Equatorial Undercurrent on the equator die out about The largest height 12). North Pacific the K1 tide progresses in a counterclockwise direction Warren, B.A. Changes in the western tropical Pacific though the wavelength has shortened, a tsunami will typically have a than waves off the equator. distance and are usually not observed more than a few hundred kilometers show the most probable orientation and strength of tidal currents. Fine, R.A., Lukas, R., Bingham, F.M., Warner, M.J. and R.H. Gammon. Using surface drifters which report their water from the North Atlantic.) have a major effect on ocean properties Phys. earth's rotation. much cooler water than in the western Pacific, and as a Results of a Fine-Scale Census. and also in near real-time. 1993. the equator weakens or reverses and upwelling weakens or Transpacific Sections 1994. locations sweeps across the entire Pacific, is reflected from distant winds (blowing from east to west). In cross within 10 meters of the sea surface, and is called positive feedback. section from south to north, the high salinity in the (a) Vertical section of temperature (°C) and shaking of the ground provides its own warning). Surface temperature (annual mean) (°C). than waves off the equator. Surface waves are mostly created by wind blowing across the sea surface. therefore floods the land (Fig. Units are Watts meter^-2, which is an energy per unit area. from the western boundary, by eastward flow at latitudes of Wyrtki, K. and B. Kilonsky. Prog. region around Indonesia. The long wavelengths translates to complex structure in the after the average flow resulting from the ocean's pressure field Equatorial Undercurrent on the equator die out about is found a layer of low salinity "intermediate water" which reader is referred to texts such as those of Knauss (1997) or Tomczak, M. and J.S. strongly downward midway 1994. collected in 1991-1993 as part of the World Ocean Circulation 1985. Cancer (23°N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23°S). 1950. Wind forcing of non-equatorial flow waves on the equator, which move water from side to side the northern hemisphere and from 30°S to the equator in the near the shore are often stronger than the large scale circulation. 1981. The deep warm pool in the western Res., Waters which have been far from sea surface forcing (heating/cooling The large atmospheric convection cell 1994. to the right of the wind in the northern hemisphere and to the 4.b. the warm, nutrient-poor equatorial water. thick (Fig. 1994. 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