Strong sub-seasonal wintertime cooling over East Asia and Northern Europe associated with super El Niño events

Abstract East Asia experienced a record-breaking cold event during the 2015/16 boreal winter, with pronounced impacts on livelihood in the region. We find that this large-scale cold spell can be attributed to the concurrent super El Niño event in the tropical Pacific. Our analysis reveals that all s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xin Geng, Wenjun Zhang, Malte F. Stuecker, Fei-Fei Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03977-2