Study of El Nino events of different types and their potential impact on the following summer precipitation in China

According to the SSTA distribution during the peak phase of the El Nino event, the paper classified all the El Nino events since 1950 into Eastern Pacific type (EP), Central Pacific type (CP), and Mixed type. Different types of El Nino showed dissimilar developing features of SSTA, also with distinct responses of the Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) anomalies and the anomalous Walker Cell over the tropical Indian Pacific Ocean. In the following summer of an El Nino event, through influencing 850 hPa wind, water vapor transport, and 500 hPa western Pacific subtropical High, EP El Nino, CP El Nino, and Mixed El Nino would possibly induce Type III, Type II, and Type I of the summer rainfall pattern in China.