“西太平洋暖池”是指赤道两侧从太平洋西部（包括南海南部和苏禄海）到印度洋东部一片全球最暖、长期年平均水温超过28℃的海区，其温度比赤道其它地区高出约2～5℃，核心部位在新几内亚以北，平均水温超过29℃。西太平洋暖地不仅是全球大洋热量和水汽的主要源区而且与南方涛 “Western Pacific Warm Pool” refers to a sea area on both sides of the equator that is the warmest in the world from the western part of the Pacific Ocean (including the southern South China Sea and the Sulu Sea) to the eastern Indian Ocean and whose annual average water temperature exceeds 28 ℃, which is about the same as that of the rest of the equator 2 ~ 5 ℃, the core of the north of New Guinea, the average water temperature over 29 ℃. The western Pacific warm is not only the main source of global oceanic heat and water vapor but also with the South China Sea