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Why do oceanic nonlinearities contribute only weakly to extreme El Niño events?

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Abstract Extreme El Niño events have outsized global impacts and control the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) warm/cold phases asymmetries. Yet, a consensus regarding the relative contributions of atmospheric and oceanic nonlinearities to their genesis remains elusive. Here, we isolate the contribution of oceanic nonlinearities by conducting paired experiments forced with opposite wind stress anomalies in an oceanic general circulation model, which realistically simulates extreme El Niño events and oceanic nonlinearities thought to contribute to ENSO skewness (Tropical Instability Waves (TIWs), Nonlinear Dynamical Heating (NDH)). Our findings indicate a weak contribution of oceanic nonlinearities to extreme El Niño events in the eastern Pacific, owing to compensatory effects between lateral (NDH and TIWs) and vertical processes. These results hold across different vertical mixing schemes and modifications of the upper‐ocean heat budget mixed layer criterion. Our study reinforces previous research underscoring the pivotal role of atmospheric nonlinearities in shaping extreme El Niño events.
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hal-04650243 , version 1 (17-07-2024)

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Fangyu Liu, Jérôme Vialard, Alexey Fedorov, Christian Éthé, Renaud Person, et al.. Why do oceanic nonlinearities contribute only weakly to extreme El Niño events?. Geophysical Research Letters, 2024, 51 (11), ⟨10.1029/2024gl108813⟩. ⟨hal-04650243⟩
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