An overview of the performance of CMIP6 models in the tropical Atlantic: mean state, variability, and remote impacts

I Richter, H Tokinaga - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
General circulation models of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6)
are examined with respect to their ability to simulate the mean state and variability of the …

Equatorial Atlantic variability—Modes, mechanisms, and global teleconnections

JF Lübbecke, B Rodríguez‐Fonseca… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean strongly impacts the
climate on the surrounding continents. On interannual time scales, highest SST variability …

Resolving the tropical Pacific/Atlantic interaction conundrum

F Jiang, W Zhang, FF Jin, MF Stuecker… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the interaction between the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans has
challenged the climate community for decades. Typically, boreal summer Atlantic Niño …

Weakened SST variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean since 2000

A Prigent, JF Lübbecke, T Bayr, M Latif, C Wengel - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
A prominent weakening in equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) variability,
occurring around the year 2000, is investigated by means of observations, reanalysis …

[HTML][HTML] ENSO influence on the Atlantic Niño, revisited: Multi-year versus single-year ENSO events

H Tokinaga, I Richter, Y Kosaka - Journal of Climate, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Alexander, MA, I. Blade, M. Newman, JR Lanzante, NC Lau, and JD Scott, 2002: The
atmospheric bridge: The influence of ENSO teleconnections on air–sea interaction over the …

The extraordinary equatorial Atlantic warming in late 2019

I Richter, H Tokinaga… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sea‐surface temperatures (SSTs) in the eastern equatorial Atlantic are subject to variability
on interannual timescales but during the last 20 years, this variability has shown …

Diabatic heating governs the seasonality of the Atlantic Niño

HC Nnamchi, M Latif, NS Keenlyside… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Niño is the leading mode of interannual sea-surface temperature (SST)
variability in the equatorial Atlantic and assumed to be largely governed by coupled ocean …

Joint boost to super El Niño from the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

JZ Wang, C Wang - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Super El Niño has been a research focus since the first event occurred. On the
basis of observations and models, we propose that a super El Niño emerges if El Niño is an …

Revisiting the Inconsistent Influence of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the Equatorial Atlantic

I Richter, S Kido, T Tozuka, Y Kosaka… - Journal of …, 2025 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the equatorial Atlantic zonal
mode (AZM) is investigated using two atmospheric reanalysis products and 44 models from …

On the relationship between Atlantic Niño variability and ocean dynamics

T Dippe, RJ Greatbatch, H Ding - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Niño is the dominant mode of interannual sea surface temperature
(SST) variability in the eastern equatorial Atlantic. Current coupled global climate models …