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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-861-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-861-2016
Research article
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04 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2016

Observed El Niño conditions in the eastern tropical Pacific in October 2015

Lothar Stramma, Tim Fischer, Damian S. Grundle, Gerd Krahmann, Hermann W. Bange, and Christa A. Marandino

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Results from a research cruise on R/V Sonne to the eastern tropical Pacific in October 2015 during the 2015–2016 El Niño show the transition of current, hydrographic, and nutrient conditions to El Niño conditions in the eastern tropical Pacific in October 2015. Although in early 2015 the El Niño was strong and in October 2015 showed a clear El Niño influence on the EUC, in the eastern tropical Pacific the measurements only showed developing El Niño water mass distributions.