AnnularCane wrote:What does El Nino Modoki type II mean? (I didn't even know there were two types.)
Modoki II (like 2018) is focused mainly in central Pacific and north of the equator, whereas in Modoki I (like 2002) warm SST anomalies extend from central Pacific into part of the eastern Pacific and are also typically found a larger distance south of the equator.
See https://www.researchgate.net/profile/We ... events.pdf