Abstract We use the 8-year long satellite temperature data (2002–2010) from Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) and Atmospheric Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) on the Aqua satellite to identify temperature trends in the troposphere and low stratosphere over the Niño 3.4 region of the Tropical Pacific Ocean in the most recent 11-year solar cycle. Employing more extended sea surface temperature (SST) data for five solar cycles (1950–2009) in this region we show that the satellite trends reflect a typical decrease of the sea surface temperature (SST) in the Niño 3.4 region in the declining phase of the solar cycle. The magnitude of the SST decrease depends on the solar cycle and ranges between 0.07K/yr and 0.27K/yr for the last five solar cycles.
Decadal variability of tropical Pacific temperature in relation to solar cycles
Advances in Space Research ; 49 , 3 ; 572-578
2011-11-08
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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