Inthispaper,byusingspectralmethod,themonthly-andseasonal-scaleatmosphericdiabaticheatflow(ADHF)departurefieldsarediagnosedintheperiodof1964—1985with6ElNinoyearsand6anti-ElNinoyearsovertheNorthernhemisphere(NH).TheresultsshowthatElNinophenomenahavepronouncedinfluenceontheADHFdepar-turefields.Theresponseofatmosphereexhibitsapreferredarrangementoforganizingpositiveandnegativedeparturecentersatlow,middleandhighlatitudes.Inanti-ElNinoyears,theresponsehasthesameformsasinElNinoyears,butdeparturecentersareoppositeinphase.Furthermore,ADHFdepartureshowslow-frequencyoscillationinElNinoyearsandanti-ElNinoyears.ThecenterofdifferenceindeparturebetweenElNinoandanti-ElNinoyearsdisplaysabi-monthlyoscillation.Finally,throughair-seacorrelationanalysis,itispointedoutthattheSSTanomalyisthemostimportantcauseforADHFanomaly.
