Understanding ENSO Diversity

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Antonietta Capotondi · NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Andrew T. Wittenberg · NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Matthew Newman · University of Colorado Boulder

Emanuele Di Lorenzo · Georgia Institute of Technology

Jin‐Yi Yu · University of California, Irvine

Pascale Braconnot · Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

Julia E. Cole

Abstract

Abstract El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring mode of tropical Pacific variability, with global impacts on society and natural ecosystems. While it has long been known that El Niño events display a diverse range of amplitudes, triggers, spatial patterns, and life cycles, the realization that ENSO’s impacts can be highly sensitive to this event-to-event diversity is driving a renewed interest in the subject. This paper surveys our current state of knowledge of ENSO diversity, identifies key gaps in understanding, and outlines some promising future research directions.

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Climate variability and models Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

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Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volume 96, Issue 6, pp. 921-938

DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-13-00117.1

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