Contribution of El Niño amplitude change to tropical Pacific precipitation decline in the late 1990s

Equatorial central Pacific precipitation experienced a prominent decline in the late 1990s. This change was previously attributed to a La Niña-like mean sea surface temperature (SST) change in the Pacific Ocean associated with a phase switch of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. Here, using a ser...

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Main Authors: Suqi GUO, Renguang WU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-09-01
Series:Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2019.1633230