A Perpetually Running ENSO in the Pliocene?
Difficulties remain with theoretical explanations of the apparent reduced zonal sea surface temperature gradient in the tropical Pacific of the Pliocene. One favored hypothesis is that it was a "permanent El Niño" state, with the warm phase of ENSO remaining fixed over millions of years....
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American Meteorological Society,
2010-03-05T16:55:49Z.
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