Reviewing the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) to Enhance Societal Readiness for El Niño’s Impacts

Abstract NOAA’s Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) is used to record for historical purposes the occurrence and duration of El Niño episodes, based on the monitoring of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central Pacific Ocean. The ONI is used to identify the onset of an above average SST threshold that pe...

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Main Authors: Michael H. Glantz, Ivan J. Ramirez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00275-w