On the progress of the 2015–2016 El Niño event
It has been recently reported that the current 2015–2016 El Niño could become "one of the strongest on record". To further explore this claim, we performed the new analysis described in detail in Varotsos et al. (2015) that allows the detection of precursory signals of the strong El Niñ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| Online Access: | https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/2007/2016/acp-16-2007-2016.pdf |
| Summary: | It has been recently reported that the current 2015–2016 El Niño could
become "one of the strongest on record". To further explore this claim, we
performed the new analysis described in detail in Varotsos et al. (2015) that
allows the detection of precursory signals of the strong El Niño events
by using a recently developed non-linear dynamics tool. In this context, the
analysis of the Southern Oscillation Index time series for the period
1876–2015 shows that the running 2015–2016 El Niño would be rather a
"moderate to strong" or even a "strong" event and not “one of the
strongest on record", as that of 1997–1998. |
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| ISSN: | 1680-7316 1680-7324 |