Climate Oscillations 11: Oceanic Niño Index (ONI)

By Andy May The Oceanic Niño Index or ONI is NOAA’s primarily indicator for monitoring the sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the critical Niño 3.4 region. It is a 3-month running mean of ERSST.v5 SST anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region, defined as 5°N-5°S and 120°W-170°W. Figure 1 shows the ONI as computed fromContinue reading “Climate Oscillations 11: Oceanic Niño Index (ONI)”