Intensification of Pacific tropical instability waves over the recent three decades

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01915-x

Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are an important component of the equatorial Pacific climate. Here the authors show that TIW activity has intensified in the central equatorial Pacific at ∼12 ± 6% per decade over the recent three decades.