El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional ImpactsHenry F. Diaz, Vera Markgraf The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon is a recurrent feature of the climate in tropical regions. In this volume leading experts summarize information gained over the past decade concerning diverse aspects of ENSO, which have led to marked improvements in our ability to forecast its development months or seasons in advance. This volume compares ENSO's modern morphology and variability with its recent historic and prehistoric behaviour. It expands and updates Diaz and Markgraf's earlier volume El Niño: Historical and Paleoclimatic Aspects of the Southern Oscillation (1992, Cambridge University Press). The volume will be of importance to a broad range of scientists in meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, geosciences, ecology, public health, emergency management response and mitigation, and decision-making. It will also be used as a supplementary textbook and reference source in graduate courses in environmental studies. |
Contents
ENSO and Climatic Variability in the Past 150 Years | 3 |
Understanding and Predicting Extratropical | 57 |
Global Modes of ENSO and NonENSO Sea Surface | 89 |
Multiscale Streamflow Variability Associated with | 113 |
El NiñoSouthern Oscillation and the Seasonal | 149 |
TreeRing Records of Past ENSO Variability and Forcing | 297 |
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