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Typically, southern (eastern) Africa is associated with dry (wet) conditions during El Ni\u00f1o, and wet (dry) conditions during La Ni\u00f1a. In general, the temporal and spatial evolution of vegetation responses show the expected dipole pattern during the 2015\u20132016 El Ni\u00f1o and following 2016\u20132017 La Ni\u00f1a. However, in 2015\u20132016 the eastern African impacts were displaced to the west and south of the canonical pattern. Composites of seasonal vegetation anomalies highlight the magnitude and position of impacts. Further investigation through empirical orthogonal teleconnections and spatial correlation analysis confirms the similar, but opposite, teleconnection impacts in eastern and southern Africa. The diametrically opposed patterns have particular implications for agricultural production and the availability of fodder and forage, especially in the pastoral communities of the two regions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10071038","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,2]],"date-time":"2018-07-02T10:56:52Z","timestamp":1530529012000},"page":"1038","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Teleconnections and Interannual Transitions as Observed in African Vegetation: 2015\u20132017"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Assaf","family":"Anyamba","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)\/Universities Space Research Association (USRA) at NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, ML 20771, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0304-7571","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erin","family":"Glennie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Systems and Applications Incorporated (SSAI) at NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, ML 20771, USA"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Small","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Systems and Applications Incorporated (SSAI) at NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, ML 20771, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1740","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1132588","article-title":"ENSO as an Integrating Concept in Earth Science","volume":"314","author":"McPhaden","year":"2006","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"32","DOI":"10.1063\/1.882496","article-title":"El Ni\u00f1o Dynamics","volume":"51","author":"Latif","year":"1998","journal-title":"Phys. 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