Cold tongue/Warm pool and ENSO dynamics in the Pliocene
It has been suggested that a "permanent" El Niño climate state has existed in the warm Pliocene. One of the main pieces of evidence of such conditions is the small east-west sea surface temperature (SST) difference that is found in proxy temperature records of the equatorial Pacific. Using...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Climate of the Past |
| Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/7/903/2011/cp-7-903-2011.pdf |