Figure 2 Schematic diagram showing the ocean biology-induced heating effects associated with chlorophyll perturbations (IMAGE)

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Figure 2 Schematic diagram showing the ocean biology-induced heating effects associated with chlorophyll perturbations

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Ocean chlorophyll can exert a direct impact on sea surface temperature (SST) within the oceanic mixed layer and an indirect impact on the stratification and mixing intensity in the upper ocean; the relative strength of the two determines the change in direction of sea surface temperature responses. Through these processes shown in this figure, the interannual- and TIW-scale chlorophyll perturbations tend to weaken and enhance the amplitude of ENSO, respectively.

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