Fig. 4: Frequency of the ENSO under varying coupling strengths.

Dependence of the frequency of a El Niño, b Single-year El Niño, c Multi-year El Niño, d Extreme El Niño, e La Niña, f Single-year La Niña, g Multi-year La Niña, and (h) Strong La Niña on the coupling strength, determined by multiplying the coupling coefficient (\(\gamma\)) with \({C}_{{IO}\to {PO}}\) (magenta line) and \({C}_{{PO}\to {IO}}\) (cyan line). Shading indicates a one-standard deviation of 1000 ensembles.