The defining characteristics of ENSO extremes and the strong 2015/2016 El Niño

A Santoso, MJ Mcphaden, W Cai - Reviews of Geophysics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The year 2015 was special for climate scientists, particularly for the El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) research community, as a major El Niño finally materialized after a long …

ENSO and greenhouse warming

W Cai, A Santoso, G Wang, SW Yeh, SI An… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the dominant climate phenomenon
affecting extreme weather conditions worldwide. Its response to greenhouse warming has …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding ENSO diversity

A Capotondi, AT Wittenberg… - Bulletin of the …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Understanding ENSO Diversity in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 96
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The impact of global warming on the tropical Pacific Ocean and El Niño

M Collins, SI An, W Cai, A Ganachaud, E Guilyardi… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring fluctuation that
originates in the tropical Pacific region and affects ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinearity and asymmetry of ENSO

SI An, FF Jin - Journal of Climate, 2004 - journals.ametsoc.org
El Niño events (warm) are often stronger than La Niña events (cold). This asymmetry is an
intrinsic nonlinear characteristic of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon …

Are historical records sufficient to constrain ENSO simulations?

AT Wittenberg - Geophysical Research Letters, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A control simulation of the GFDL CM2. 1 global coupled GCM, run for 2000 years with its
atmospheric composition, solar irradiance, and land cover held fixed at 1860 values …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetry in the duration of El Niño and La Niña

YM Okumura, C Deser - Journal of Climate, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Asymmetry in the Duration of El Niño and La Niña in: Journal of Climate Volume 23 Issue
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[PDF][PDF] Understanding ENSO physics—A review

C Wang, J Picaut - Earth's Climate: The Ocean–Atmosphere …, 2004 - researchgate.net
The seasonal cycle can contribute to the irregularity and phase-locking of ENSO, and the
intraseasonal variability can be a source of both ENSO's variability and irregularity. Tropical …

Strong and moderate nonlinear El Niño regimes

K Takahashi, B Dewitte - Climate dynamics, 2016 - Springer
It has been previously proposed that two El Niño (EN) regimes, strong and moderate, exist
but the historical observational record is too short to establish this conclusively. Here, 1200 …

A review of ENSO theories

C Wang - National Science Review, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurrence can be usually
explained by two views of (i) a self-sustained oscillatory mode and (ii) a stable mode …