DSSC seminar: The El - Niño Phenomenon: Complexity and Predictability | Prof. dr. Henk Dijkstra

Speaker | Prof. dr. Henk Dijkstra, Centre for Complex Systems Studies, Utrecht University.

Title | The El - Niño Phenomenon: Complexity and Predictability.

Abstract | The El Niño variability in the equatorial Tropical Pacific is characterized by sea surface temperature anomalies and associated changes in the atmospheric circulation. Through an enormous observational effort over the last decades, the relevant time scales and spatial patterns of El Niño are now well-documented. In the meantime, a hierarchy of models has been developed to understand the physics of this phenomenon and to make predictions of future El Niño events. In this presentation a complex systems science oriented approach to El Niño will be given with a focus on (i) the robust and relevant details of the observations, (ii) the current state of the theory of the variability and (iii) the limiting factors of (and new approaches to improve) the skill of model forecasts.

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