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meridional modes: a standalone construct

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coupled patterns of cross-equatorial sea surface temperature gradient and winds in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic, sustained by wind-evaporation feedback.

In climate science, meridional modes refers to coupled patterns of cross-equatorial sea surface temperature gradient and winds in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic, sustained by wind-evaporation feedback. This meaning comes from Chiang (2004) in Journal of Climate.[1]

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  1. Chiang, J. C. H., & Vimont, D. J. (2004). Analogous Pacific and Atlantic Meridional Modes of Tropical Atmosphere–Ocean Variability. Journal of Climate, 17(21), 4143-4158. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli4953.1

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