2016_june Booklet A Part C Q138 📚 Meteorology
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Bjerknes feedback is the positive coupled ocean-atmosphere feedback loop in which the east-west (Walker circulation) trade winds, driven by rotation-dependent pressure/temperature gradients, maintain the warm-west/cool-east SST asymmetry across the tropical Pacific via wind-driven thermocline tilt and upwelling.
The Bjerknes feedback loop depends on trade winds (driven partly by the Coriolis-influenced pressure gradient) piling up warm water in the west and enhancing upwelling...

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