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Pacific-North American mode
atmospheric science
Also known as: PNA mode
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ocean-atmosphere interaction
- In climate: The ocean surface and climate anomalies
…circulation type known as the Pacific–North American (PNA) mode. Such patterns are intrinsic modes of the atmosphere, which may be forced by thermal anomalies in the tropical atmosphere and which in their turn are forced by tropical ocean surface temperature anomalies. As noted earlier, enhanced tropical sea surface temperatures increase…
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