El Niño events are terminated by ocean-atmosphere interactions and wave dynamics
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
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El Niño events are driven and terminated through complex ocean-atmosphere interactions, wind-stress feedbacks, and subsurface wave dynamics that alter heat content and thermocline depth.
Evidence for · 3
Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics of the 2017 extreme coastal El Niño
2019 · cited by 72
Paper 1 discusses how ocean-atmosphere coupling and wave dynamics (such as downwelling Kelvin waves and wind feedbacks) govern extreme coastal El Niño events.
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More for · 2
Boosting effect of strong western pole of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the decay of El Niño events
2024 · cited by 21
Paper 3 details how ocean-atmosphere interactions, including wind anomalies and oceanic equatorial upwelling Kelvin waves, prompt the decay and termination of El Niño events.
Mechanisms linking multi-year La Niña with preceding strong El Niño.
2021 · cited by 11
Paper 5 highlights how wind anomalies during the decay phase discharge ocean heat content via Ekman transport, driving the transition out of El Niño.