A re-appraisal of the ENSO response to volcanism with paleoclimate data assimilation

Feng Zhu; Julien Emile-Geay; Kevin J. Anchukaitis; Gregory J. Hakim; Andrew T. Wittenberg; Mariano S. Morales; Matthew Toohey; Jonathan King

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28210-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

A re-appraisal of the ENSO response to volcanism with paleoclimate data assimilation

Feng Zhu,
Julien Emile-Geay,
Kevin J. Anchukaitis,
Gregory J. Hakim,
Andrew T. Wittenberg,
Mariano S. Morales,
Matthew Toohey,
Jonathan King

Affiliations

Feng Zhu: School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Julien Emile-Geay: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Kevin J. Anchukaitis: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
Gregory J. Hakim: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
Andrew T. Wittenberg: NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Mariano S. Morales: Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Cs. Ambientales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Matthew Toohey: Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Jonathan King: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28210-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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It has been argued that volcanic eruptions can influence the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), but the strength of this relationship is not well known. Here, the authors use paleoclimate data assimilation methods to study the linkage over the last millennium and find that there is only a weak association between volcanism and ENSO.

Published in Nature Communications

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