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Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-975-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-975-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
Research article
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17 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2021

The sensitivity of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation to volcanic aerosol spatial distribution in the MPI Grand Ensemble

Benjamin Ward, Francesco S. R. Pausata, and Nicola Maher

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Using the largest ensemble of a climate model currently available, the Max Planck Institute Grand Ensemble (MPI-GE), we investigated the impact of the spatial distribution of volcanic aerosols on the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) response. By selecting three eruptions with different aerosol distributions, we found that the shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the main driver of the ENSO response, while other mechanisms commonly invoked seem less important in our model.
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