资源环境科技发展态势分析平台

This article introduces a web-based climate information resource: an El Nino Southern Oscillation ENSO-based monthly climatology for the United States, available on . Climate variability affects land managers and decision makers in a variety of ways. The ENSO is one of the leading drivers of seasonal and year-to-year climate variability. Understanding the historical rainfall and temperature anomalies associated with ENSO can be an important way for decision makers to learn how they might anticipate climate variability. We used the ENSO record from 1950 to 2013 to develop an ENSO-specific climatology. This allows decision makers to pinpoint the combinations of location and month in which there are substantial ENSO-associated rainfall or temperature anomalies. Learning about the timing of historical ENSO-driven climate impacts can be an important first step for decision makers to develop management adjustments that could make the most positive outcomes based on the available climate information.