Climate driver · Rationale

El Nino-Southern Oscillation

Climate variability comprising the coupled ocean-atmosphere oscillation in the tropical Pacific that alternates between warm and cold phases on an interannual timescale.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Annex VII Glossary: El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Synonyms

ENSO

Broader

Climate variability

Narrower

El Nino, La Nina

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Restructure (v5)

Identifier

CDI_19 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CDI_19
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CDI_19)