The episode of Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in 2016 did not have its roots in its distant past; the role of the strong El Niño event

Costas A. Varotsos, Nikos V. Sarlis, Maria Efstathiou

We explore the anomalous behavior of the equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in zonal wind which it exhibited, since February 2016. In more detail, QBO interrupted its regu…