Fig. 3: SST anomalies in the pantropical areas in 2023.
From: Predicting the 2023/24 El Niño from a multi-scale and global perspective
a SST (shading, unit of °C) and surface wind (vector, unit of m s−1) anomalies averaged from March to November 2023. Medium purple, blue violet, magenta, and dark cyan areas denote the northeastern tropical Pacific, southeastern tropical Pacific, tropical Indian Ocean, and tropical Atlantic, respectively. b Monthly evolution of regional averaged SST anomalies. c–f Yearly evolution of SST anomalies averaged from March to November. Texts in c-f indicate the ranking of SST anomalies in 2023 since 1979. Unit is °C.
