Saturday, 5 December 2015

El Niño in the Lower Troposphere - watch this space

El Niño in the Lower Troposphere - watch this space sayeth Sou. But she also says

Some people wonder when El Niño will show up in the lower troposphere. It takes some months before the temperature of the lower troposphere peaks - up to three months later than the peak in surface temperatures. That means that it will still be a couple of months before the El Niño shows up strongly in lower troposphere temperatures.

Which I found surprising:

I find that surprising. The atmosphere has precious little heat capacity. Why would the lag be so large? What's you source?

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