The new study can aid scientists in better understanding regional and global effects of climate change in the Pacific.

By Meijers, A J; Bindoff, N L; Roberts, J L ABSTRACT The large-scale volume, heat, and freshwater ocean transports in the Southern Hemisphere are investigated using time-averaged output from a seasonless, high-resolution general circulation model.

By Capotondi, Antonietta; Alexander, Michael A; Deser, Clara; McPhaden, Michael J ABSTRACT The output from an ocean general circulation model driven by observed surface forcing (1958-97) is used to examine the evolution and relative timing of the different branches of the Pacific Subtropical-Tropical Cells (STCs) at both interannual and decadal time scales, with emphasis on the 1976-77 climate shift.

ABSTRACT The atmospheric energy transport variability associated with decadal sea surface temperature variability in the tropical Pacific is studied using an atmospheric primitive equation model coupled to a slab mixed layer.