ENSO – IDSC Magazine

Fall 2025, IDSC Fellows

September 28, 2025

As a PhD student in atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Cait Martinez wants to unravel how much of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) evolution and predictability is driven by deterministic ocean dynamics versus chaotic atmospheric processes.

Earth Systems, Fall 2022

August 30, 2022

For forty years, climate scientists have been trying to develop a computational model that accurately predicts the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. But that work has stagnated in recent years with only minor, gradual improvements to their predictions.

IDSC Fellow Cait Martinez Finds Confidence and Community

Applying a Diverse Lens to the Atmospheric Phenomena Affecting El Niño and La Niña