I am very surprised that there is little research on the links, if any, between ENSO and the global conveyor belt. This would seem to be an important open question in oceanography. They may be physically independent of one another because the global conveyor belt consists of the flow of deep cold water in the Southern Pacific where the ENSO affects the circulation of surface water. That is, the conveyor belt appears to flow beneath the ENSO in the South Pacific and the two may not physically interact. Is that so? Even if it is, there could be some interesting implications of how such large synoptic circulation systems independently affect climate.
I am very surprised that there is little research on the links, if any, between ENSO and the global conveyor belt. This would seem to be an important open question in oceanography. They may be physically independent of one another because the global conveyor belt consists of the flow of deep cold water in the Southern Pacific where the ENSO affects the circulation of surface water. That is, the conveyor belt appears to flow beneath the ENSO in the South Pacific and the two may not physically interact. Is that so? Even if it is, there could be some interesting implications of how such large synoptic circulation systems independently affect climate.
John Pastor