Understanding ENSO Diversity

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• Journal Title:
  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Personal Author:
  Capotondi, Antonietta ; Wittenberg, Andrew T. ; Newman, Matthew ; Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ; Yu, Jin-Yi ; Braconnot, Pascale ; Cole, Julia ; Dewitte, Boris ; Giese, Benjamin ; Guilyardi, Eric ; Jin, Fei-Fei ; Karnauskas, Kristopher ; Kirtman, Benjamin ; Lee, Tong ; Schneider, Niklas ; Xue, Yan ; Yeh, Sang-Wook
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; NWS (National Weather Service) ; ESRL (Earth System Research Laboratory) ; GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) ; CPC (Climate Prediction Center)
• Description:
  El Nino-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 Nino 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.
• Source:
  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(6), 921-938.
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00117.1
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
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  Other
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  Submitted
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