Tropical Warm Pool

The Tropical Warm Pool (TWP) or Indo-Pacific Warm Pool is a mass of ocean water located in the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean which consistently exhibits the highest water temperatures over the largest expanse of the Earth's surface.[1] Its intensity and extent appear to oscillate over a time period measured in decades.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ USGS News Release Jan. 28, 2011
  2. ↑ NASA: "Reverberations of the Pacific Warm Pool"
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