The Role of Atmospheric Transport for El Niño‐Southern Oscillation Teleconnections

Abstract

Global atmospheric circulation features, like the Hadley and Walker cells, are strongly influenced by the ENSO state (Bjerknes, 1969;Oort & Yienger, 1996), thus leading to atmospheric teleconnections. For instance, during warm ENSO phases, that is, El Niño (EN) conditions, northern South America including the Amazon region, experiences a decrease in precipitation (

Spatial diversity of atmospheric moisture transport and climate teleconnections over Indian subcontinent at different timescales

“…Although, most studies have confined themselves to investigating the effects of few teleconnection patterns on atmospheric moisture transport. For instance, the role of atmospheric moisture transport during the ENSO was studied by Baier et al and Castillo et al 28,29 . The effects of the Arctic (AO), Antarctic (AAO), Pacific-North American (PNA) and ENSO on moisture transport during the peak precipitation months were examined by Vázquez et al 30 .…”