New insights could help farmers, water managers in tropical regions prepare for impact on crops (IMAGE)

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New insights could help farmers, water managers in tropical regions prepare for impact on crops

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Figure 6: In the Los Alamos National Laboratory team's analysis of soil moisture changes during "Super El Niño" events in 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16, cell colors indicate the magnitude of change shown in the corresponding histograms. More consistent strong decreases relative to normal for these seasons are typical for red cells and more consistent strong increases relative to normal for these seasons are typical for green cells. The top map shows October to December and the bottom map shows January to March.

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