Plasticity of Noddy Parents and Offspring to Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies

Plasticity of Noddy Parents and Offspring to Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies

Behavioral and/or developmental plasticity is crucial for resisting the impacts of environmental stressors. We investigated the plasticity of adult foraging behavior and chick development in an offshore foraging seabird, the black noddy (Anous minutus), during two breeding seasons. The first season had anomalously high sea-surface temperatures and 'low' prey availability, while the second was a...

Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies: A Possible Trigger for ENSO

Estimation of the Surface Heat Flux Response to Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies over the Global Oceans

The surface heat flux response to underlying sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (the surface heat flux feedback) is estimated using 42 yr (1956–97) of ship-derived monthly turbulent heat fluxes and 17 yr (1984–2000) of satellite-derived monthly radiative fluxes over the global oceans for individual seasons. Net surface heat flux feedback is generally negative (i.e., a damping of the underl...

relationships between arab sea and indian ocean surface temperature anomalies with precipitation over southern of iran

iran is located in arid and semiarid areas based on continental divisions; any change in precipitation would have potential effects on agriculture, economic and other related issues in general. therefore, it is of high importance to know and identify the moisture-related sources needed to study the country’s precipitation data. for this purpose, it is important to correlate monthly precipitatio...

Simulations of the Atmospheric Response to South Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

The sensitivity of the atmospheric circulation to sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies over the tropical and subtropical South Atlantic is studied by means of simulations with an atmospheric general circulation model (GCM). Two cases are considered depending upon the prescribed SST anomalies. The first is observed to occur during austral summers in association with a strengthening of the Sou...