The role of tropical inter-basin interactions in initiating the 2020–2023 La Niña: a hindcast-based predictability study
The recent triple-dip La Niña event from 2020 to 2023 in the equatorial Pacific, which occurred without a preceding strong El Niño, challenges the traditional understanding of multi-year La Niña dynamics governed solely by the recharge oscillator theory. This study investigates the mechanisms behind the initiation of t...