The 2015 Borneo fires: What have we learned from the 1997 and 2006 El Niños?

Fire activity in Indonesia is strongly linked with El Niño events, whose sea surface temperature (SST) patterns can weaken the Walker circulation to induce drought conditions in the region. Here we show via case analyses and idealized climate model simulations that it is the central location of the...

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Main Authors: Chu-Chun Chen, Hsiao-Wen Lin, Jin-Yi Yu, Min-Hui Lo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/104003