Asymptotic solution of a sea–air oscillator for ENSO mechanism

Abstract

The EI Nino/La Nina–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an interannual phenomenon involved in the tropical Pacific ocean–atmosphere interactions. In this paper, a class of coupled system of the ENSO mechanism is considered. Based on a class of oscillator of ENSO model, the asymptotic solution of a corresponding problem is studied by employing the approximate method. It is proved from the results that the perturbation method can be used for analysing the sea surface temperature anomaly in the equatorial eastern Pacific and the thermocline depth anomaly of the atmosphere–ocean oscillation for the ENSO model.