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M. McPhaden

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Open access Aug 2026

The role of tropical inter-basin interactions in initiating the 2020–2023 La Niña: a hindcast-based predictability study

The recent triple-dip La Niña event from 2020 to 2023 in the equatorial Pacific, which occurred without a preceding strong El Niño, challenges the traditional understanding of multi-year La Niña dynamics governed solely by the recharge oscillator theory. This study investigates the mechanisms behind the initiation of t...

Nahid A. Hasan, Y. Chikamoto, Wei Zhang et al. · Climate Dynamics · 0 citations

Open access Jul 2026

Missing Western Pacific moorings threaten weather and climate forecasting and research

The Tropical Western Pacific Ocean is characterized by some of the warmest seawaters, driving the global atmospheric circulation and climate through the ascending branches of the Walker and Hadley circulations. This region is key for the genesis of El Niño Southern Oscillation, the dominant interannual climate mode w...

Sophie Cravatte, M. Balmaseda, P. Browne et al. · Frontiers in Climate · 0 citations