Now as the sun appears to be entering a long term minimum the solar wind bursts should drop off, in frequency and magnitude. (realclimate.org)
After westerly wind bursts occurred in the spring of 2015, this extra warm water acted to give a head start to the developing El Niño and contributed to the strength of the 2015 - 16 El Niño event. (usclivar.org)
Changes to the strength of the heliosphere which modulates GCR, solar wind bursts which remove cloud forming ions, and a third mechanism. (realclimate.org)