MEI

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El Niño–Southern Oscillation index climate index

MEI is a climate index that quantifies the strength and phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation by combining multiple atmospheric and oceanic variables over the tropical Pacific.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
MEI canonical	2
MEI.v2	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	El Niño–Southern Oscillation index ⓘ climate index ⓘ
abbreviationOf	Multivariate ENSO Index NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	multiple atmospheric variables ⓘ multiple oceanic variables ⓘ
basedOnRegion	tropical Pacific Ocean ⓘ
captures	combined ocean-atmosphere state over tropical Pacific ⓘ
category	Earth science ⓘ climatology ⓘ ocean-atmosphere interaction index ⓘ
dataSource	observational climate records ⓘ reanalysis data ⓘ
developedAt	NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Physical Sciences Laboratory (NOAA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy	Klaus Wolter NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael S. Timlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Multivariate ENSO Index NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVersion	MEI.ext ⓘ MEI.v2 ⓘ
improvesOn	single-variable ENSO indices ⓘ
maintainedBy	NOAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
measures	El Niño–Southern Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ
outputUnit	standardized anomaly index ⓘ
phaseIndicatedBy	negative values indicate La Niña conditions ⓘ positive values indicate El Niño conditions ⓘ
publicationType	peer-reviewed methodology ⓘ
quantifies	phase of ENSO ⓘ strength of ENSO ⓘ
relatedTo	Niño 3.4 index NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic Niño Index NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Oscillation Index NERFINISHED ⓘ
spatialDomain	equatorial Pacific ⓘ tropical Pacific ⓘ
timeScale	bimonthly ⓘ
usedBy	climate scientists ⓘ operational climate centers ⓘ weather and climate services ⓘ
usedFor	climate diagnostics ⓘ climate research ⓘ monitoring ENSO ⓘ seasonal climate prediction ⓘ
usesVariable	cloudiness ⓘ meridional wind ⓘ sea surface temperature ⓘ sea-level pressure ⓘ surface air temperature ⓘ zonal wind ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Multivariate ENSO Index → abbreviation → MEI ⓘ

Multivariate ENSO Index → hasVersion → MEI ⓘ

this entity surface form: MEI.v2

Multivariate ENSO Index → acronymOf → MEI ⓘ