Tag Archives: ENSO

Updates to and ENSO Observations from the WUWT Ocean Reference Page

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Image Credit: Monterey Marine Meteorology Division – HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In making several updates to the WUWT Ocean Reference Page I observed something in the Sea Surface Temperature animation above, that I’ve … Continue reading →

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A Different Perspective of the Equatorial Pacific and ENSO Events

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

by Bob Tisdale It’s difficult to express how enormous El Niño and La Niña events are. Often, when discussing them, I’ll display a map of the tropical Pacific (see example here) and write something to the effect of, the equatorial … Continue reading →

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The Tao of El Nino

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I was wandering through the graphics section of the TAO buoy data this evening. I noted that they have an outstanding animation of the most recent sixty months of tropical sea temperatures and surface heights. … Continue reading →

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Global Temperature Updates – 2012

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

By Paul Homewood While Obama is imploring us to stop the global warming that is bringing us “the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms”, it would seem to be a good idea to see … Continue reading →

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Analysis shows tidal forcing is a major factor in ENSO forcing

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

ENSO forecast based on tidal forcing with an Artificial Neural Network Investigation submitted by Per Strandberg Here on this page, you are going to find evidence that tidal forcing is one of the most important, if not the most important … Continue reading →

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El Niño-Southern Oscillation Myth 3: ENSO Has No Trend and Cannot Contribute to Long-Term Warming

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale This is the 3rd part of a series of posts that present myths and misunderstandings about the tropical Pacific processes that herald themselves during El Niño and La Niña events. In the posts, I’m simply … Continue reading →

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El Niño-Southern Oscillation Myth 1: El Niño and La Niña Events are Cyclical

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale This is the first of a series of posts that address many of the myths and misunderstandings about the tropical Pacific processes that herald themselves during El Niño and La Niña events. Most of the … Continue reading →

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Mythbusting Rahmstorf and Foster

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Rahmstorf et al (2012) Insist on Prolonging a Myth about El Niño and La Niña Guest post by Bob Tisdale Anthony Watts of WattsUpWithThat forwarded a link to a newly published peer-reviewed paper by Stefan Rahmstorf, Grant Foster (aka Tamino of … Continue reading →

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Another model failure – seeing a sea of red where there is none

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Seeing red just took on a whole new meaning – Anthony Model-Data Comparison – Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies – November 1981 through September 2012 Guest post by Bob Tisdale This is not the monthly sea surface temperature update. See the post … Continue reading →

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New paper predicts SST temperature based on Pacific Centennial Oscillation

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Here’s figure 18, which I found interesting, especially the red line. – Anthony Guest post by Bob Tisdale Today, blogger “slimething” left me a link to the Karnauskas et al (2012) paper A Pacific Centennial Oscillation Predicted by Coupled GCMs. … Continue reading →

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Tisdale: The Warming of the Global Oceans – Are Manmade Greenhouse Gases Important or Impotent?

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

Note: this post was two weeks in the making, and well worth your time to read – Anthony Guest post by Bob Tisdale Global sea surface temperatures have warmed over the past 30 years, but there is no evidence the … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on the problems with ENSO models

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Guilyardi et al (2009) “Understanding El Niño in Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Models: progress and challenges” Guest post by Bob Tisdale The preliminary Reynolds OI.v2 sea surface temperature data for July 2012 won’t be available until next Monday July 30th, and there … Continue reading →

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Sea Surface Temperature Approaching the Threshold of El Niño

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale This post will serve as the sea surface temperature update for mid-June. The post also provides an update on the progress I’m making with my new book The Ignored Driver of Global Climate.  I’ve included … Continue reading →

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La Nada, El Niño, or Three-Peat La Niña for 2012/13 ENSO Season?

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Readers may have noticed the WUWT ENSO meter is in the neutral zone. Bob Tisdale asks where it will head next. Guest post by Bob Tisdale Last year about this time, the El Niño-Southern Oscillations (ENSO) models from around the … Continue reading →

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March 2012 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update – A New Look

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale THE ADDITION OF CMIP3 (IPCC AR4) HINDCASTS/PROJECTIONS TO GRAPHS I’ve added a new feature to the graphs of the monthly sea surface temperature updates on a trial basis, and it is the multi-model mean of … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on Foster and Rahmstorf – take 2

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Bob has asked me to carry this post, and I’m happy to do so. For those who want to criticize without contributing anything but criticism, I offer this insight: The only real mistake is the one from which we learn … Continue reading →

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The La Niña has strengthened, now near 2008 levels

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

Update:  it appears that the September values of the Tahiti-Darwin SOI (+25) and Klaus Wolter Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) are at historical levels when compared to previous Septembers, with the SOI only showing a higher September value (+29.7) back in … Continue reading →

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