Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute; Ministery of Infrastructure and the Environment

 
Research
Global Climate Division
ENSO and Seasonal Forecasts
The ENSO and Seasonal Forecasts group investigates the theory and predictability of El Nino and La Nina, and researches the seasonal forecasts of the average weather from one month to one year ahead.
Evolution of SST in the equatorial Pacific over 1997-now (source: CPC)
weekly NINO indices
Some publications about ENSO

Oldenborgh, G.J. van, F.J. Doblas-Reyes, B. Wouters and W. Hazeleger, Skill in the trend and internal variability in a multi-model decadal prediction ensemble
Clim. Dyn., 2012, 38, 7, 1263-1280, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1313-4.
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Philip, S.Y., M. Collins, G.J. van Oldenborgh and B.J.J.M. van den Hurk, The role of atmosphere and ocean physical processes in ENSO
Ocean Science, 2010, 6, 441-459, doi:10.5194/os-6-441-2010.
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Guilyardi, E., A. Wittenberg, A. Fedorov, M. Collins, C. Wang, A. Capotondi and G.J. van Oldenborgh, Understanding El Niņo in Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Models: progress and challenges
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2009, 90, 325-340, doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2387.1.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van, L.A. te Raa, H.A. Dijkstra and S.Y. Philip, Frequency- or amplitude-dependent effects of the Atlantic meridional overturning on the tropical Pacific Ocean
Ocean Science, 2009, 5, 293-301, doi:10.5194/os-5-293-2009.
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Philip, S.Y. and G.J. van Oldenborgh, Atmospheric properties and the ENSO cycle: models versus observations Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 2 MB)
Philip, S.Y. and G.J. van Oldenborgh, Significant atmospheric nonlinearities in the ENSO cycle
J. Climate, 2009, 22, 14, 4014-4028, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2716.1.
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Bracco, A., F. Kucharski, F. Molteni, W. Hazeleger and C. Severijns, A recipe for simulating the interannual variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon and its relation with ENSO
Clim. Dyn., 2007, 28, 441-460, doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0190-0.
Sterl, A., G.J. van Oldenborgh, W. Hazeleger and G. Burgers, On the robustness of ENSO teleconnections
Clim. Dyn., 2007, 29, 469-485, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0251-z.
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Coelho, C.A.S., D.B. Stephenson, M.A. Balmaseda, F.J. Doblas-Reyes and G.J. van Oldenborgh, Towards an integrated seasonal forecasting system for South America
J. Climate, 2006, 19, 15, 3704-3721, doi:10.1175/JCLI3801.1.
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Philip, S.Y. and G.J. van Oldenborgh, Shifts in ENSO coupling processes under global warming
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2006, 33, L11704, doi:10.1029/2006GL026196.
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Burgers, G., F.F. Jin and G.J. van Oldenborgh, The simplest ENSO recharge oscillator
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005, 32, 13, L13706, doi:10.1029/2005GL022951.
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Hazeleger, W., C. Severijns, R. Seager and F. Molteni, Tropical Pacific-driven decadal energy transport variability
J. Climate, 2005, 18, 12, 2037-2051.
Oldenborgh, G.J. van, Comment on 'Predictability of winter climate over the North Atlantic European region during ENSO events' by P.-P. Mathieu, R. T. Sutton, B. Dong and M. Collins
J. Climate, 2005, 18, 14, 2770-2772.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van, M.A. Balmaseda, L. Ferranti, T.N. Stockdale and D.L.T. Anderson, Did the ECMWF seasonal forecast model outperform statistical ENSO forecast models over the last 15 years?
J. Climate, 2005, 18, 16, 3240-3249, doi:10.1175/JCLI3420.1.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van, S.Y. Philip and M. Collins, El Niño in a changing climate: a multi-model study
Ocean Science, 2005, 1, 81-95, doi:10.5194/os-1-81-2005.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van, M.A. Balmaseda, L. Ferranti, T.N. Stockdale and D.L.T. Anderson, Evaluation of atmospheric fields from the ECMWF seasonal forecasts over a 15 year period
J. Climate, 2005, 18, 5188-5198.
J. Climate, 2005, 18, 16, 3250-3269, doi:10.1175/JCLI3421.1.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van and G. Burgers, Searching for decadal variations in ENSO precipitation teleconnections
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005, 32, 15, L15701, doi:10.1029/2005GL023110.
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Zelle, H., G.J. van Oldenborgh, G. Burgers and H. Dijkstra, El Niño and Greenhouse warming: Results from Ensemble Simulations with the NCAR CCSM
J. Climate, 2005, 18, 22, 4669-4683.
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Burgers, G. and G.J. van Oldenborgh, On the impact of local feedbacks in the Central Pacific on the ENSO cycle
J. Climate, 2003, 16, 14, 2396-2407.
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Pasmanter, R.A. and A. Timmermann, Cyclic Markov chains with an application to an intermediate ENSO model
Nonlinear Proc. Geophys, 2003, 10, 197-210.
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Dijkstra, H.A. and G. Burgers, Fluid dynamics of El Niņo variability
Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2002, 34, 531-558, doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.34.090501.144936.
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Martis, A., G.J. van Oldenborgh and G. Burgers, Predicting rainfall in the Dutch Caribbean - more than El Niño?
Int. J. Climatology, 2002, 22, 1219-1234, doi:10.1002/joc.779.
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Hazeleger, W., M. Visbeck, M.A. Cane, A. Karspeck and N. Naik, Decadal upper ocean temperature variability in the tropical Pacific
J. Geophys. Res., C, 2001, 106, 5, 8971-8988, doi:10.1029/2000JC000536.
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Timmermann, A., R.A. Pasmanter and H.U. Voss, Empirical dynamical system modeling of ENSO using nonlinear inverse techniques
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2001, 31, 1579-1598.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van, G. Burgers and A. Klein Tank, On the El-Niņo Teleconnection to Spring Precipitation in Europe
Int. J. Climatology, 2000, 20, 565-574.
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Burgers, G., The El Niņo stochastic oscillator
Clim. Dyn., 1999, 15, 521-531, doi:10.1007/s003820050297.
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Oldenborgh, G.J. van, G. Burgers, S. Venzke, C. Eckert and R. Giering, Tracking down the ENSO delayed oscillator with an adjoint OGCM
Mon. Wea. Rev., 1999, 127, 1477-1496.
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Stockdale, T., M. Latif, G. Burgers and J.O. Wolfff, Some sensitivities of a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM
Tellus, 1994, 46A, 367-381, doi:10.1034/j.1600-0870.1994.t01-3-00004.x.
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