ThenormalmodemethodisadoptedtodecomposethedifferencesbetweensimulationswithSST(seasurfacetemperature)anomahesovercentra-easternPacificandnormalSSTbyuseofanine-layerglobalspec-tralmodelinordertoinvestigateshort-rangeclimaticoscillationwithvarioustimescalesforcedbyElNinoduringthenorthernsummer.InvestigationshowsthatElNinomayhavethefollowinginfluenceonatmosphereonvariousspace-timescales.Extra-longwavecomponentsofRossbymodeforcedbyconvectiveanomalyoverequatorialwesternPacificresultingfromElNinoproduceclimaticoscillationonmonthly(sea-sonal)timescaleinmiddle-highlatitudesofSouthernandNorthernHemispheres;extra-longwavecomponentsofKelvinmodeforcedbySSTanomaliespropagatealongtheequator,resultingin30—60dayoscillationoftropicalandsubtropicalatmosphere;anditslongwavesmoveeastwardwithwesterly,resultinginquasi-biweekoscillation.
