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Anomalous winter climate conditions in the Pacific rim during recent El Niño Modoki and El Ni ñ o events Hengyi Weng · Swadhin K. Behera · Toshio Yamagata. R98229029 Han- ching Chen. Motivation.
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Anomalous winter climate conditions in the Pacific rim during recent El Niño Modoki and El Niño eventsHengyiWeng·SwadhinK. Behera · Toshio Yamagata R98229029 Han-chingChen
Motivation • Southwestern USA during boreal winter may be due to a northward shift of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), resulting in increased northward transport of water vapor from the tropical Pacific. • An anomalous low-level anticyclone over the cold sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) of the Philippine Sea was thought to be the key system bridging ‘‘El Nino’’ and a weak East Asian winter monsoon. El Niño Modoki and El Niño events are different??