Abstract: The latest progress of the statistical study method of assessing the ocean/atmosphere feedback is reviewed in the paper. This method is called the generalized equilibrium feedback assessment (GEFA). The new method GEFA could be used to separate the atmospheric response to the individual ocean forcing automatically. Its validity is preliminarily proved in a simple thermal model. And its application in the observation not only con fi rms some previous research results, e.g., the North America precipitation anomaly in fl uenced by Paci fi c ENSO, but also reveals some new features of ocean/atmosphere feedback, such as the atmospheric response to the tropical ENSO mode severely interfered by the tropical Indian Ocean. Therefore, GEFA provides a useful tool for assessing the oceanic feedback to the atmosphere.