Fig. 6: Ocean dynamics for the central-to-eastern Pacific cooling linked to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) and the Pacific Climate Change (PCC). | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Ocean dynamics for the central-to-eastern Pacific cooling linked to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) and the Pacific Climate Change (PCC).

From: A climate change signal in the tropical Pacific emerges from decadal variability

Fig. 6

Heat budget terms for the mixed layer temperature averaged over the eastern equatorial Pacific (5°S–5°N, 190°W–270°W; left box in Fig. 1b) including ocean current change (\({UaTc}\), \({VaTc}\), \({WaTc}\)), temperature gradient change (\({UcTa}\), \({VcTa}\), \({WcTa}\)), nonlinear terms (\({UaTa}\), \({VaTa}\), \({WaTa}\)) and their sum (SUM) related to (a) the IPO-related and (b) the emerging PCC-related sea surface temperature (SST) trend (°C/month per decade; see Mixed layer heat budget analysis for the long-term SST Change in Methods for detailed explanation). Dotted bars indicate heat budget terms exceeding 90% significance tests.

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