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"Just The Facts says:
January 1, 2011 at 12:31 pm
So I have been researching Earth’s Atmospheric and Oceanic Oscillations and thus far I have identified 4 Major/Primary Oceanic Oscillations, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), Atlantic Decadal Oscillation (AMO), Indian Ocean Oscillation (IOO) and El Nino/La Nina, as well as 7 Major/Primary Atmospheric Oscillations, the Arctic Oscillation (AO), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), the Madden / Julian Oscillation (MJO), Equatorial Indian Ocean Oscillation (EQUINOO) and Southern Oscillation (SO).
Here is some background on each of the Major/Primary Oceanic Oscillations I’ve identified and their roles within Earth’s Climate System:
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO):
http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/PDO.htm
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mantua/...O_egec.htm
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mantua/...PDO_cs.htm
http://jisao.washington.edu/pdo/PDO.latest
The Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO):
http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/AMO.htm
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/timeseries/AMO/
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/amo_faq.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_mu...scillation
The Indian Ocean Oscillation (IOO), which is closely associated with the Atmospheric Oscillation the Equatorial Indian Ocean Oscillation (EQUINOO) and is the Oceanic component of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). The Indian Ocean Oscillation (IOO) is also closely connected to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO): (Note, took some liberty in naming the Indian Ocean Oscillation (IOO) as it does not appear to have a well established name within the literature. It might be better as the Indian Ocean Interannual/Decadal Oscillation (IOIDO), but time will sort that out.)
ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/28816.pdf
http://www.springerlink.com/content/51n8664436045952/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Dipole
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sc...542305.htm
El Nino/La Nina, which are closely associated with the Atmospheric Oscillation the Southern Oscillation (SO), is the Oceanic component of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO);
http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/ENSO.htm
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...ation-enso
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/04/26/enso-update/
Here is some background on each of the Major/Primary Atmospheric Oscillations and their roles within Earth’s Climate System:
The Arctic Oscillation (AO):
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/...x/ao.shtml
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...llation-ao
(The following is a good animation of the Northern polar circulation and Arctic Oscillation over the last 30 days);
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/in...anim.shtml
the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO);
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/.../aao.shtml
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...lation-aao
(The following is a good animation of the Southern polar circulation and Antarctic Oscillation over the last 30 days):
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/intrase...anim.shtml
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO):
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/.../nao.shtml
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...lation-nao
The North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), which is closely associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Oscillation
http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~nigam/Linkin-N...y.2008.pdf
The Madden / Julian Oscillation (MJO):
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/.../mjo.shtml
http://wwa.colorado.edu/IWCS/archive/IWC..._focus.pdf
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/22/th...cillation/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden%E2%8...scillation
The Equatorial Indian Ocean Oscillation (EQUINOO), which is closely associated with the Oceanic Oscillation the Indian Ocean Oscillation (IOO), and is the Atmospheric component of Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). The Equatorial Indian Ocean Oscillation (EQUINOO) is also closely connected to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO):
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=we...ZQ&cad=rja
http://www.springerlink.com/content/51n8664436045952/
ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/28816.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Dipole
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sc...542305.htm
and the Southern Oscillation (SO), which is closely associated with the Oceanic Oscillation El Nino/La Nina and collectively referred to as (ENSO)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/pr...enso.shtml
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...lation-soi
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...ation-enso
In addition to the Major/Primary Oceanic and Atmospheric Oscillations, there are an array of Minor/Secondary Oceanic and Atmospheric Oscillations and Patterns including:
The Monsoon Intra-Seasonal Oscillation (MISO)
https://sites.google.com/site/metscience...scillation
http://www.wcrp-amy.org/Admin-2008wcrp20...125103.pdf
http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/users/so..._al_08.pdf
Tropical Intra-Seasonal Oscillation (TISO):
ftp://www.iges.org/pub/ctr/ctr_247.pdf
http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/xfu/Fu_MWR2172.pdf
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outreac...C_Oct7.ppt
http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/publication...o-9404.pdf
The Pacific / North American Pattern (PNA):
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/.../pna.shtml
http://www.ossfoundation.us/projects/env...attern-pna
This page offers a summary of all of the Monthly Atmospheric and Oceanic Climate Indices offered by the NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/climat...index.html
This page offers a summary of the Northern Hemisphere Teleconnection Patterns offered by NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/teledo...ents.shtml
If you know of any additional Oscillations or Patterns, or additional reference materials on the Oscillations and Patterns I noted above, please add your links below.
Thanks to ES and R. Gates for their contributions to this piece and Julienne Strove for starting me on a wander through Earth’s Oscillations."