Ocean water salinity and color herald El Niño events
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
El Niño and La Niña, the climate’s two 'enfants terribles,' arise with the onset of eastward migration of the tropical western Pacific’s immense warm-water reservoir, the “warm pool”. Researchers recently found two parameters useful for observing the way this pool moves: water salinity and color.
