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• Name: Simon McGree• Title: Senior Climatologist• Organisation: COSPPac-BoM
Second Pacific Islands Climate Outlook ForumPICOF-2
“What was different from a 'normal' El Niño”“How accurate were the rainfall prediction models”
El Niño year the event begins
El Niño T+1 year after the eventbegins
Areas with significantly wetter (green) or drier (orange) conditions during El Niño events (left) and La Niña (right) for year T (top) and year T+1 (lower) (Smith et al. 2008)
ENSO relationship with Pacific rainfall