Current El Niño-Southern oscillation (ENSO) theory emphasizes that the forcing that drives the cycle mainly exists within tropical regions. However, these ideas are quite limited in explaining completely the occurrence of ENSO. Here, we examine whether extratropical forcing can affect ENSO cycle, specifically the transition from El Niño to La Niña. Although dispersion of the Okhotsk-Japan (OKJ)...

Sea surface temperature (SST) and salinity (SSS) time series from four ocean weather stations and data from an integration of the GFDL coupled ocean-atmosphere model are analyzed to test the applicability of local linear stochastic theory to the mixed-layer ocean. According to this theory, mixed-layer variability away from coasts and fronts can be explained as a ‘red noise’ response to the ‘whi...

1767 NOVEMBER 2007 AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY | R ecent literature has been refocusing on the association between tropical North Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) and Atlantic hurricane activity. Emanuel (2005) demonstrated this relationship using a power dissipation index (PDI), which depends on storm intensity and the lifetime of each storm over each hurricane season. Emanuel’...

Sea surface partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) is an important parameter in the ocean carbon cycle system. By using accurate global sea surface pCO2 data, we can directly estimate the ratio of net CO2 uptake of global ocean, which can provide a support for further research of global carbon cycle. This article mainly discussed the seasonal changes of sea surface pCO2 and the relationships...

Previous research has shown that providing family engagement and social support play important roles in weight management success, helping to achieve long-term lifestyle changes. Traditionally, the support provided by online health communities is primarily targeted at individuals and does not involve their families. We are proposing SOFA (SOcial FAmilies), a novel approach for engaging, motivat...

Social support is typically thought to protect people from bad events, whereas capitalization support augments people's reactions to good events. Because social support and capitalization support apply to different classes of events, most theory predicts that measures of perceived support and capitalization support should be empirically distinct. We tested a new theory that hypothesizes that th...