On the relationship between dynamic processes in the near-earth atmosphere and the tropical Atlantic surface temperature anomalies

A close correlation is found between dynamic processes in the near-earth tropical atmosphere, conditioned by air pressure anomalies in the Azor maximum, and the inter-annual ocean surface temperature variability in the north equatorial current area and in some other areas of the North Atlantic. A regression relation is proposed for calculating the sea surface temperature from the air pressure maximum in the Azor maximum. We discuss the anomalously high (low) upper ocean layer temperatures in the north equatorial current area induced by dynamic anomalies in the near-earth atmosphere and by the bottom topography.Translated by V. Puchkin.