OS41E:
Equatorial Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans I

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Julian P McCreary Jr, Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States and Ted Durland, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Primary Conveners:  Dennis W Moore, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-conveners:  Julian P McCreary Jr, Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, Ted Durland, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and George N Kiladis, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Dennis W Moore, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Mixed Layer Dynamics and the Diurnal Cycle in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Jacob O Wenegrat, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Michael J McPhaden, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
8:15 AM
 
Extratropical Influence on Tropical Intraseasonal Variability
Nicholas MJ Hall, University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse Cedex 09, France
8:30 AM
 
MJO: Asymptotically-Nondivergent Nonlinear Wave?: A Review
Jun-Ichi Yano, CNRM-GAME, Toulouse Cedex 01, France
8:45 AM
 
Pca's with Physics Iiustrating ENSO Air Ocean Interactions
James J O'Brien and J. P. Michael, Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL, United States
9:00 AM
 
Balanced and Transient Dynamics of Deep and Shallow Hadley Circulations
Alex Omar Gonzalez1, Gabriela Mora Rojas2, Richard Taft1 and Wayne H Schubert3, (1)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)University of Costa Rica, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics, San Jose, Costa Rica, (3)Colorado State Unvi, Fort Collins, CO, United States
9:15 AM
 
The Vortex Dynamics of Tropical Instability Waves and their Impacts on Equatorial Mixing in a Regional Ocean Model
Ryan Holmes and Leif N Thomas, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
9:30 AM
 
Planetary Wave Signatures Across Three Oceans
Madeleine K Youngs, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States and Gregory C Johnson, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
9:45 AM
 
Who Killed the 2014 El NiƱo (and is it Really Dead?)
Michael J McPhaden, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
 
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