Weather & Forecasting · Recorded milestone
El Nino forecast months ahead
Recorded year1986
Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak's ocean-atmosphere model correctly predicts the 1986-87 El Nino, the first useful season-ahead climate forecast.
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