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by Staff Writers, Terra Daily
Miami FL (SPX) Nov 22, 2011
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Rethinking_the_ocean_role_in_Pacific_climate_999.html
University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers have climate scientists rethinking a commonly held theory about the ocean's role in theglobal climate system.
The new findings can aid scientists in better understanding and predicting changes in the Pacific climate and its impacts around the globe.
According to the study's lead author, UM Rosenstiel School Professor Amy Clement, the tropical atmospheric pressure system know as the Southern Oscillation (a periodic fluctuation of atmospheric pressure commonly observed as the El Nino Southern Oscillation, which brings unusually warm water across the Pacific Ocean basin) plays a bigger, more fundamental role in the climate system than just being El Nino's atmospheric counterpart.