Abstract: orty years ago, Klaus Wyrtki of the University of Hawaii launched an ?El Niño Watch? expedition to the eastern equatorial Pacific to document oceanographic changes that were expected to develop during the onset of an El ...

Abstract: uring strong El Niño events, sea level drops around some tropical western Pacific islands by up to 20?30 cm. Such events (referred to as taimasa in Samoa) expose shallow reefs, thereby causing severe damage to associated ...

Abstract: he South Pacific convergence zone (SPCZ) is simulated as too zonal a feature in the current generation of climate models, including those in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). This zonal bias ...

Abstract: ea level anomaly extremes impact tropical Pacific Ocean islands, often with too little warning to mitigate risks. With El Niño, such as the strong 2015/16 event, comes weaker trade winds and mean sea level drops exceeding ...

Abstract: Potential changing climate threats in the tropical and subtropical North Pacific Ocean were assessed, using coupled ocean?atmosphere and atmosphere-only general circulation models, to explore their response to projected ...