Recent potentially predictable droughts associated with the west Pacific warming mode and ENSO

Chris C Funk1,2, Andrew Hoell3, Shraddhanand Shukla4, Colin P Kelley5, Laura Harrison2 and Climate Hazards Group, (1)USGS, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (4)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (5)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States