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Acta Oceanol. Sin ., 2014, Vol. 33, No. 1, P. 77–82 DOI: 10.1007/s13131-014-0420-y E-mail: hyxbe@263.net Effect of nonlinear advection on the Indian Ocean diploe asymmetry WANG Yu1,2, LAN Jian1,2∗ , CUI Fengjuan1,2 1 Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China 2 Department of Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China Received 5 August 2012; accepted 17 December 2013 ©The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract The asymmetry of sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) amplitudes between the positive and negative phases of the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) are studied. The dynamic effects on it are analyzed using a hybrid coordinate ocean model (HYCOM). It suggests that the IOD is still asymmetric even when forced by a sym- metric wind stress, and the asymmetry of the SSTA in the eastern pole is strong while that in the western pole is almost insignificant during the mature phase (September–November (SON)). Thus, the IOD asymmetry is primarily caused by the asymmetry in the IODE. A heat budget analysis is also conducted for the mixed- layer temperature in the eastern Indian Ocean (IODE), which indicates that a nonlinear ocean advection cools both the positive and negative IOD events. Therefore, the nonlinear ocean advection is responsible for the asymmetry of the IOD. Key words: asymmetry of Indian Ocean dipole, dynamical effect, heat budget, nonlinear advection Citation: Wang Yu, Lan Jian, Cui Fengjuan. 2014. Effect of nonlinear advection on the Indian Ocean diploe asymmetry. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 33(1): 77–82, doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0420-y 1 Introduction 2003; Huang, 2007a, b). The Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) is one of ocean- An IOD index is defined as the SSTA difference between atmosphere interaction phen