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cc by (c) Mezzina, Bianca, 2022
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Tropospheric pathways of the late-winter ENSO teleconnection to Europe

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The late-winter signal associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) over the European continent is unsettled. Two main anomalous patterns of sea-level pressure (SLP) can be identified: a "wave-like" pattern with two opposite-signed anomalies over Europe, and a pattern showing a single anomaly ("semi-isolated"). In this work, potential paths of the tropospheric ENSO teleconnection to Europe and their role in favoring a more wave-like or semi-isolated pattern are explored. Outputs from historical runs of two versions of the MPI-ESM coupled model, which simulate these two types of patterns, are examined. A novel ray-tracing approach that accounts for zonal asymmetries in the background flow is used to test potential propagation paths in these simulations and in observations; three source regions are considered: the tropical Pacific, the North America/North Atlantic, and the tropical Atlantic. The semi-isolated pattern is suggested to be related to the well-known Rossby wave train emanating from the tropical Pacific, either via a split over northern North America or via reflection due to inhomogeneities in the background flow. The wave-like pattern, in turn, appears to be related to a secondary wave train emerging from the tropical Atlantic. The competition between these two pathways contributes to determining the actual surface response.

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MEZZINA, Bianca, GARCÍA-SERRANO, Javier, AMBRIZZI, Tercio, MATEI, Daniela, MANZINI, Elisa, BLADÉ, Ileana. Tropospheric pathways of the late-winter ENSO teleconnection to Europe. _Climate Dynamics_. 2022. [consulta: 13 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 0930-7575. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/192697]

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