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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-285-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-285-2018
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20 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2018

Sensitivity of the tropical climate to an interhemispheric thermal gradient: the role of tropical ocean dynamics

Stefanie Talento and Marcelo Barreiro

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In a series of simulations, with models of different complexity, we analyse the role of the tropical ocean dynamics in the transmission of information when an extratropical thermal forcing is imposed. In terms of annual means we find that the tropical ocean dynamics oppose the remote extratropical signal. However, changes in the sea surface temperature seasonal cycle in the equatorial Pacific Ocean become significant only once the tropical ocean dynamics are incorporated.
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