Nature – Liu et al. (2024): Strong El Niño and La Niña precipitation—sea surface temperature sensitivity under a carbon removal scenario
Chao Liu, Soon-Il An, Zixiang Yan, Soong-Ki Kim, Seungmok Paik IN: Communication Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01958-8
Here, the authors identify distinct hysteresis features in the precipitation-sea surface temperature sensitivity between strong El Niño and La Niña phases using a large ensemble carbon removal numerical simulation. The strong El Niño precipitation sensitivity exhibits a century-scale hysteretic enhancement and eastward shift, mainly due to modulated deep convection anomalies by the Intertropical Convergence Zone via cloud-longwave feedback.