ENSO Prediction

Dear Colleagues,

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the strongest interannual climate variability phenomenon across the globe, with worldwide climate and weather impacts. Understanding and improving predictions of ENSO are, thus, of vital importance. Over the past decades, there has been significant progress in the prediction of ENSO. However, serious challenges still exist in understanding ENSO and improving its prediction, highlighted particularly by the false predictions of 2014–2016 El Niño events. Further studies on ENSO are clearly needed.

This Special Issue invites contributions that focus on ENSO and ENSO-related studies. Contributions are solicited on topics including studies of the theory, modeling, and prediction of ENSO as well the impact of ENSO on climate and weather anomalies on global or local scales. Especially welcome are contributions on operational or experimental prediction systems of ENSO, including model development, initialization scheme, and ensemble construction in addition to the evaluation of ENSO predictability in the framework of deterministic, probabilistic, and intrinsic measures. Results from diagnostic, modeling, model intercomparison, and theoretical approaches are all welcome. 

Prof. Dr. Youmin Tang
Dr. Xiaoxiao Tan
Dr. Satyaban Bishoyi Ratna
Guest Editors

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