El Nino - The child prodigy of 1997-98

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McPhaden, MJ [1 ]
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[1] NOAA, Pacific Marine Environm Lab, Seattle, WA 98115 USA
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10.1038/19193
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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Just under a year ago the El Niño of 1997-98 came to an end. By several measures it was the strongest ever documented. But why was this El Niño so strong? Attempts to provide an answer must grapple with a variety of possible contributory causes on timescales ranging from the seasonal to the centennial.
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