Extreme Noise–Extreme El Niño: How State-Dependent Noise Forcing Creates El Niño–La Niña Asymmetry

A major open question about El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is what causes ENSO amplitude asymmetry, with strong El Niños generally larger than strong La Niñas. The authors examine a leading hypothesis— that the ENSO state modifies the fetch and/or wind speed of westerly wind bursts (WWBs) that...

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Published in:Journal of climate 2016-08, Vol.29 (15), p.5483-5499
Main Authors: Levine, Aaron, Jin, Fei Fei, McPhaden, Michael J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives & records
Asymmetry
Climate models
El Nino
El Nino events
El Nino forecasting
El Nino phenomena
El Nino-Southern Oscillation event
Growth rate
La Nina
Noise
Ocean currents
Simulation
Southern Oscillation
Standard deviation
Time series
Westerlies
Westerly wind bursts
Wind
Wind speed
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