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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This paper addresses the question of whether the increased occurrence of central Pacific (CP) versus Eastern
Pacific (EP) El Niños is consistent with greenhouse gas forced changes in the background state of the tropical Pacific as inferred from global climate change models.

The analysis uses high‐quality satellite and in situ ocean data combined with wind data from atmospheric reanalyses for the past 31 years (1980–2010).

 Department of Environment, Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM), FSM,  Department of Resources & Development, FSM

This statement was produced by the WMO RA-V Pacific Regional Climate Centre Network following the 13th
Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF-13) held on 23-24 October 2023, for use by National
Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in the Pacific Islands.