Elio Camitelli

Investigating ocean temperature anomalies location as drivers of > ENSO impacts**

Supervisors: Elio Campitelli, Ariaan Purich and Felicity McCormack
Field of Study: Atmospheric science, climate modelling

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural climate pattern mainly represented by positive (El Niño) or negative (La Niña) sea  surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean but affects atmospheric circulation at a global scale. We understand the typical
effects of positive and negative ENSO events, but each event produces unique impacts, partly because the ocean warming or cooling don't  always occur in the same place. This lead to the definition of two ENSO "flavours", but temperature anomalies can occur anywhere along a continuum.

This project analyse climate model simulations to investigate how the location of ocean temperature anomalies shape the global circulation and subsequent impacts.

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