Intercomparing the Response of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Temperature to Two Types of El Niño Onset

Table 1

Onset time and classification of El Niño events during 1978–2016.

Sequence	Dates	Duration	Onset	Type	MAX_Ano	MAX_Mon
1	1982.05–1983.06	14	4	SP	2.21	12
2	1991.06–1992.06	13	5	SP	1.65	1
3	1994.10–1995.02	5	9	SU	1.14	12
4	1997.05–1998.05	13	4	SP	2.32	11
5	2002.06–2003.02	9	5	SP	1.26	11
6	2004.07–2005.03	9	6	SU	0.78	1
7	2006.09–2007.01	5	8	SU	1.02	12
8	2009.09–2010.04	8	8	SU	1.36	1
9	2015.04–2016.05	14	3	SP	2.33	1