Possible feedback path for low-frequency atmospheric oscillations

Abstract

Four years of satellite-derived microwave radiance data have been analyzed, providing evidence for the possiblity of a feedback route in the Southern Hemisphere. The present propagation path extends from the central equatorial Pacific across lower South America, heads equatorward after passing south of Africa, and finally reenters the equatorial Indian Ocean with correct phase to enhance the primary equatorial dipole structure. The Southern Hemisphere propagation path migrates northward in April-September and southward in October-March, and it may constitute a feedback mechanism which could stabilize the low frequency oscillations.