El Nỉo / El Nino Links : Theme Pages

Current ENSO research from the Center for Ocean-Atmsopheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University

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The North American Climate Patterns Associated With The El Nỉo-Southern Oscillation

This is the online companion to the print version released as COAPS Project Report Series 97-1 in March 1997.

COAPS Pseudostress Analyses(Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans)

Phaedra Green: ENSO Impact on North American Climate Anomalies

Current Research Projects Map

US Climate Anomalies Associated with ENSO Events

Mr. Todd Richards: ENSO and Florida Precipitation

Dr. James J. O'Brien and Mr. Todd S. Richards: ENSO and Atlantic Hurricane Frequency

Mr. Rodrigo Nủez, Mr. Todd Richards and Dr. James O'Brien: "ENSO and Chilean Precipitations (1961-1994)"

Dr. Arne Melsom et al., "El Nỉo Induced Ocean Eddies in the Gulf of Alaska"

Dr. S.D. Meyers and Dr. J.J. O'Brien. "Variations in Mauna Loa carbon dioxide induced by ENSO"

Mr. Matt Sittel: Global min/max temperature and Precipitation data

An El Nỉo Theme Page: Accessing Distributed Information related to El Nỉo from the NOAA, This is an award winning site maintained by the U.S.Dept of Commerce / NOAA / PMEL / TAO

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What is an El Nino?

What are the impacts of El Nino?

What are the most recent El Nino forecasts?

What are the latest realtime El Nino measurements?

Other Frequently Asked Questions

Satellite data | Sea Level Field Analysis |

Moored ocean buoy data | Drifting ocean buoy data | XBT data |

Climatology data | Numerical simulations (computer models) |

A new El Nỉo Instructional Module, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Definition, Introduces El Nỉo, when El Nỉo events have been recorded and

how it compares to La Nỉa.

Upwelling, introduces upwelling, the thermocline and how they impact local

sea life populations.

Non-El Nỉo Years, Typical oceanic and atmospheric conditions that exist in

the tropical Pacific when no El Nỉo is present.

El Nỉo Events, Introduces conditions that lead to an El Nỉo event and how

El Nỉo influences upwelling processes, tropical rainfall and local fish populations.

Sea Surface Temperatures, El Nỉo visualized through plots of sea

surface temperature.

Impacts on Weather, introduces how El Nỉo can alter weather conditions worldwide.

Economic Impacts, Introduces how El Nỉo events reduce local fish populations,

which in turn affect local industry and eventually market prices worldwide.

Detection and Prediction, Introduces methods and resources used by

NOAA for detecting and predicting the presence of El Nỉo.

El Nino Educational Module, Earth System Science Education Program, Universities Space Research Program (USRA)

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Introduction

Impacts of the ENSO

History of ENSO Research

Understanding the Mechanisms of ENSO...Atmosphere...Oceans

Viewing ENSO

Numerical Models and ENSO Predicition

Teaching and Learning Resouces

ENSO (El Nỉo Southern Oscillation) Home Page, from the Sevilleta LTER

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Time Series Plot of Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) - Page/Next will retrieve second page

Table of SOI Values (1882-1996)

Current NOAA Climate Diagnostic Bulletin

ENSO Advisory - From NOAA - Updated mid-month

Report: The El Nỉo Southern Oscillation Index and the Sevilleta LTER

El Nỉo Southern Oscillation Effects on New Mexico Climate

El Nỉo Watch Page, TOPEX/POSEIDON

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Get to Know our Ocean Planet, A briefing about how TOPEX/Poseidon

helps track El Nỉo.

Prime Mission Results, An overview of El Nỉo-related science findings

during the first 3 years of the mission.

On-Line Tutorial, Last of a 3-part series about using TOPEX/Poseidon data

for educational purposes.

Improving El Nỉo Predictions, A science image that depicts the effort to

correctly model El Nỉo.

Oceanic Kelvin & Rossby Waves, TOPEX/Poseidon data "snapshots"

that show Pacific Ocean Kelvin & Rossby waves thought be have been

generated during a recent El Nỉo event.

How TOPEX/Poseidon Tracked the 1994-95 El Nỉo Event, Follow a

narrated description of the 1994 - 95 El Nỉo event from the eyes of TOPEX/Poseidon.

El Nỉo forecast webpages can be found here

El Nỉo And Climate Prediction, Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet

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The Monograph

For an on-line version of the entire Reports to the Nation: El Nỉo and

Climate Prediction, please click here.

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Land and Ocean Precipitation in the Americas

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