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western pacific warm pool The Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP), extending over a large part of the Indonesian region, is characterized by the warmest, low salinity surface ocean waters on Earth and drives much of the tropical atmospheric circulation. The WPWP region is also a major exporter of latent heat to the northern and southern hemispheres. The transport of warm water in and out of the WPWP is thought to play an important role in the global climate and also in the modulation and termination of warm El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. |
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