In addition, the new scheme notably improves the forecasting of
monsoon timing during years affected by the global weather phenomenon El Niño — Southern Oscillation (ENSO), particularly in its La Niña phase.
Not exact matches
During this
time, rainfall was affected by the African
monsoon which strengthened and weakened on a 23,000
year cycle driven by the precession of the equinoxes.
«Now that we have shown that the Mawmluh cave record agrees with the instrumental record for the last 50
years, we hope to use it to investigate relationships between the Indian
monsoon and El Niño
during prehistoric
times such as the Holocene,» said Oster.