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The climate in the 1980’s is characterized by the appearance of two strong ENSO events and by the warmest decade in global mean temperature. Whether there is a linkage between ENSO and global warming ? This paper shows the climate anomaly patterns over the global ocean in the 1980’s and their comparison with that of ENSO composite mode and that simulated by 2 × CO2, indicating the role of super ENSO in the establishment of new climate regime in thel980’s.
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Congbin, F., Li, X. Global oceanic climate anomalies in 1980’s. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 15, 167–178 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-998-0037-1
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