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SUBMITTER: Hameed SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023905 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hameed Saji N SN Jin Dachao D Thilakan Vishnu V
Nature communications 20180628 1
Super El Niños, the strongest and most powerful of El Niños, impact economies, societies, and ecosystems disproportionately. Despite their importance, we do not fully understand how super El Niños develop their intensity and unique characteristics. Here, combining observational analyses with simple numerical simulations, we suggest that eastern Pacific intensified super El Niños result from the interaction of an El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole. Further, we identify a self-limiting beh ...[more]