TELECONNECTIONS OF THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WTTH SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN THE EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC, AND WITH THE 500 hPa GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FIELD IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

The observational data of global sea surface temperature and the 500 hPa geopotential height field in the Northern Hemisphere are used to get two teleconnection patterns. The time interval of the data is from January 1950 to December 1979. The results show that the sea surface temperature anomalies in the Indian Ocean have evident positive correlation with the SSTA in the eastern Pacific and obvious teleconnection with the 500 hPa geopotential height field in the Northern Hemisphere.