Cross-equatorial winds control El Niño diversity and change
Cross-equatorial winds control El Niño diversity and change, Published online: 06 August 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0248-0
In recent years, El Niño sea surface temperature anomalies have weakened and shifted westward. Observational and model analyses reveal these changes can be related to a multidecadal strengthening of cross-equatorial winds, forced both locally and from the tropical Atlantic.
