Southern Indian Ocean Dipole as a trigger for Central Pacific El Niño since the 2000s

Hyun-Su Jo; Yoo-Geun Ham; Jong-Seong Kug; Tim Li; Jeong-Hwan Kim; Ji-Gwang Kim; Hyerim Kim

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34721-8

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Southern Indian Ocean Dipole as a trigger for Central Pacific El Niño since the 2000s

Hyun-Su Jo,
Yoo-Geun Ham,
Jong-Seong Kug,
Tim Li,
Jeong-Hwan Kim,
Ji-Gwang Kim,
Hyerim Kim

Affiliations

Hyun-Su Jo: Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University
Yoo-Geun Ham: Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University
Jong-Seong Kug: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Tim Li: International Pacific Research Center and Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jeong-Hwan Kim: Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University
Ji-Gwang Kim: Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University
Hyerim Kim: Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, Hanyang University, ERICA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34721-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Predicting the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since the 2000s has become increasingly challenging. Here the authors show that the Southern Indian Ocean Dipole has become a key precursor of Central Pacific El Niño since the 2000s with a 14-month lead.

Published in Nature Communications

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