Tropical Highlights

  Table of Atmospheric Indices  (Table 1)

  Table of Oceanic Indices  (Table 2)

  Time Series

  Time-Longitude Sections

• Mean & Anom SLP  T6
  
• Mean & Anom Zonal Wind  T7
  
• Mean & Anom OLR  T8
  
• Mean & Anom SST  T9
  
• Pentad SLP Anom  T10
  
• Pentad OLR Anom  T11
  
• Pentad 200-hPa VPOT Anom  T12
  
• Pentad Zonal Wind Anom  T13
  
• Anomalous Eq. Zonal Wind  T14
  
• Depth of the 20C Isotherm  T15
  

  Mean & Anomaly Fields

  Appendix 1: Outside Contributions

Mean and Anomalous SST

JANUARY 2020

FIGURE T9.  Time-longitude section of monthly mean (top) and anomalous (bottom) sea surface temperature (SST) averaged between 5N-5S. Contour interval is 1C (top) and 0.5C (bottom). Dashed contours in bottom panel indicate negative anomalies. Anomalies are departures from the 1981-2010 base period means (Smith and Reynolds 1998, J. Climate, 11, 3320-3323).