Understanding ENSO Diversity

2014/09/22 by Antonietta Capotondi, Andrew T. Wittenberg, Matthew Newman +22 · 1,082 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Biology #Climate variability and models #Climatology #Diversity (politics) #Ecology #Ecosystem #El Niño Southern Oscillation #Engineering #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Event (particle physics) #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Physics #Political science #Range (aeronautics) #Realization (probability) #Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1175/bams-d-13-00117.1

published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96(6), 921-938 (American Meteorological Society)

openalex publication_date 2014/09/22 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Abstract El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring mode of tropical Pacific variability, with global impacts on society and natural ecosystems. While it has long been known that El Niño events display a diverse range of amplitudes, triggers, spatial patterns, and life cycles, the realization that ENSO’s impacts can be highly sensitive to this event-to-event diversity is driving a renewed interest in the subject. This paper surveys our current state of knowledge of ENSO diversity, identifies key gaps in understanding, and outlines some promising future research directions.

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