Tropical cyclones act to intensify El Niño

Qiuyun Wang; Jianping Li; Fei-Fei Jin; Johnny C. L. Chan; Chunzai Wang; Ruiqiang Ding; Cheng Sun; Fei Zheng; Juan Feng; Fei Xie; Yanjie Li; Fei Li; Yidan Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11720-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Tropical cyclones act to intensify El Niño

Qiuyun Wang,
Jianping Li,
Fei-Fei Jin,
Johnny C. L. Chan,
Chunzai Wang,
Ruiqiang Ding,
Cheng Sun,
Fei Zheng,
Juan Feng,
Fei Xie,
Yanjie Li,
Fei Li,
Yidan Xu

Affiliations

Qiuyun Wang: College of Global Change and Earth System Sciences (GCESS), Beijing Normal University
Jianping Li: Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography/Institute for Advanced Ocean Studies, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Fei-Fei Jin: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Johnny C. L. Chan: School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Chunzai Wang: State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ruiqiang Ding: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cheng Sun: College of Global Change and Earth System Sciences (GCESS), Beijing Normal University
Fei Zheng: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juan Feng: College of Global Change and Earth System Sciences (GCESS), Beijing Normal University
Fei Xie: College of Global Change and Earth System Sciences (GCESS), Beijing Normal University
Yanjie Li: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fei Li: Department of Lower Atmosphere Observation Research (LAOR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yidan Xu: College of Global Change and Earth System Sciences (GCESS), Beijing Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11720-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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While it is known that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences tropical cyclones, but little is known about a reverse effect. Here, data and model output shows that tropical cyclones can affect ENSO with a lead of 3 months, especially contributing to a significantly more intense El Niño in the winter months.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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