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The Defining Characteristics of ENSO Extremes and the Strong 2015/2016 El Niño
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2017
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Source: Reviews of Geophysics, 55(4), 1079-1129
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Journal Title:Reviews of Geophysics
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Description: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 pause since the 1997/1998 extreme El Niño. It was scienti fically exciting since, due to the short observational record, our knowledge of an extreme El Niño has been based only on the 1982/1983 and 1997/1998 events. The 2015/2016 El Niño was marked by many environmental disasters that are consistent with what is expected for an extreme El Niño. Considering the dramatic impacts of extreme El Niño, and the risk of a potential increase in frequency ofENSO extremes under greenhouse warming, it is timely to evaluate how the recent event fits into our understanding of ENSO extremes. Here we provide a review of ENSO, its nature and dynamics, and through
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Source:Reviews of Geophysics, 55(4), 1079-1129
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