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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Main Author: Wunsch, Carl Isaac (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Wunsch, Carl (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2010-03-05T16:55:49Z.
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