Tropical explosive volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño by cooling tropical Africa

El Niño tends to follow 2 years after volcanic eruptions, but the physical mechanism behind this phenomenon is unclear. Here the authors use model simulations to show that a Pinatubo-like eruption cools tropical Africa and drives westerly wind anomalies in the Pacific favouring an El Niño response....

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Autores principales: Myriam Khodri, Takeshi Izumo, Jérôme Vialard, Serge Janicot, Christophe Cassou, Matthieu Lengaigne, Juliette Mignot, Guillaume Gastineau, Eric Guilyardi, Nicolas Lebas, Alan Robock, Michael J. McPhaden
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/eb6db9d5bd6d4a80878296a200401bfe
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