State of the Climate in 2012

For the first time in several years, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation did not dominate regional climate conditions around the globe. A weak La Niña dissipated to ENSO-neutral conditions by spring, and while El Niño appeared to be emerging during summer, this phase never fully developed as sea surfac...

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Main Authors: Blunden, Jessica, Arndt, Derek, Heimbach, Patrick
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87779
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-6161