Which Is False Regarding the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Which is false regarding the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon?

A) It creates the largest variation in climate from year to year on a global scale.
B) It involves higher than normal pressure in the western Pacific and lower than normal pressure in the eastern Pacific, reversing the trade winds.
C) It brings rain to some areas and drought to others, but these effects are neither predictable nor consistent.
D) It is linked to droughts in India, floods in the southwestern U.S., and droughts in South Africa and Australia.
E) It is completely understood now, and can be predicted decades in advance.

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