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1 day ago · A shift of El Niño onset location from eastern Pacific (EP) to western Pacific (WP) occurred around 1970. It was accompanied by a faster mean sea surface temperature (SST) warming in WP and a ...
3 days ago · El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by the warming of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean caused by the weakening of equatorial trade winds that blow from the western coast of South America ...
2 days ago · El Niño months are defined as months in which the Niño3 SSTa exceeds 0.8 std. Strong EP El Niño events are defined as El Niño months, in which the SSTa in Niño3 is larger than 1.5 K. Extreme EP El Niño events are strong EP El Niño events that are additionally accompanied by more than 5 mm/day precipitation in the Niño3 region (Cai et al ...
5 days ago · The El Niño phenomenon. The shortest, or interannual, timescale relates to natural variations that are perceived as years of unusual weather—e.g., excessive heat, drought, or storminess. Such changes are so common in many regions that any given year is about as likely to be considered exceptional as typical.
2 days ago · The early onset of El Niño leads to warm winters in East Asia, while the late onset of El Niño is associated with colder winters. The phenomenon known as El Niño can cause abnormal and extreme climate around the world due to it dramatically altering the normal flow of the atmosphere. In Japan, historical data has shown that El Niño years ...
23 hours ago · A marked interdecadal shift of El Niño onset location occurred around 1970, that is, El Niño started its warming in eastern Pacific before 1970 but in western Pacific after 1970. The current study reveals the role of the interdecadal mean state change in causing the El Niño onset location shift.
3 days ago · This was an El Niño year, and in Japan that tends to mean a warmer winter. And in fact, the winter of 2023-2024 was inordinately warm. However, this was not always the case. In the El Niño year ...
