Extreme California Rains During Winter 2015/16: A Change in El Niño Teleconnection?

Quan, Xiao-Wei; Hoerling, Martin; Smith, Lesley; Perlwitz, Judith; Zhang, Tao; Hoell, Andrew; Wolter, Klaus; Eischeid, Jon

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0118.1

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Extreme California Rains During Winter 2015/16: A Change in El Niño Teleconnection?

2018
By Quan, Xiao-Wei ; Hoerling, Martin ; Smith, Lesley ; ...

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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Quan, Xiao-Wei ; Hoerling, Martin ; Smith, Lesley ; Perlwitz, Judith ; Zhang, Tao ; Hoell, Andrew ; Wolter, Klaus ; Eischeid, Jon
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; ESRL (Earth System Research Laboratory) ; PSL (Physical Sciences Laboratory) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
Description:

This is a story of two extreme events—one that was expected but failed to occur and the other that actually did occur but was not anticipated. The one that failed was extreme wetness over Southern California (SCAL) during winter 2015/16, which was predicted by seasonal forecasts. The extreme event that did occur was dryness whose considerable magnitude exacerbated one of the worst droughts on record over SCAL.
Keywords:

Droughts El Niño Current Rain And Rainfall El Niño Current Rain And Rainfall
Source:

Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. (2018) 99(1): S49–S53
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0118.1
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Journal Article
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California
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