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General Resources
Non-English Resources
Media Resources
Current Sea-Surface Temperature

General Resources

• La Niña Information
  NOAA Public Affairs - Includes the basics of La Niña and links to more La Niña resources.
  
  
• CPC El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
  Climate Prediction Center (CPC) - In depth site with the current status of El Niño, seasonal forecasts and much more.
  
  
• Western Disaster Center La Niña Page
  Dept. of Geosciences, S.F. State Univ. - Includes Data & Analyses, Advisories & Forecasts, Background Information and links to other La Niña sites.
  
  
• La Niña Homepage
  Univ. Corporation for Atmospheric Research - Forecasts, data sources, impacts and links to other La Niña sites.
  Also available from NCAR is the site for the La Niña Summit Workshop held in Colorado, 15-17 July, '98. The former director of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies at Florida State University , Dr. James J. O'Brien, presented, 'Impacts of ENSO Generated Climate Variations in North America' at this summit.
  
  
• Experimental Climate Prediction Center - Experimental El Niño Forecast
  Scripps Institute of Oceanography - The forecasts on these pages show the results of ongoing research into forecasting El Ni–o. Keep in mind that these forecasts will not always be correct! Part of our research is trying to make them better.
  
  
• A new El Niño Instructional Module
  Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - The El Niño instructional module has been organized into the following sections: Definition, '97-'98 Event, Upwelling, Non-El Niño Years, El Niño Events, Impacts on Weather, Economic Impacts and Detection and Prediction of El Niño.
  
  
• El Niño And Climate Prediction ; Suggested Reading
  University of Washington.
  
  
• El Niño And Climate Prediction
  Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet.
  
  
• Pacific ENSO Applications Center (PEAC)
  Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa - The Pacific ENSO Applications Center (PEAC) was established in August 1994 as a multi-institutional partnership, to conduct research and produce information products on climate variability related to the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate cycle in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.
  
  
• El Niño ; Ocean and Climate
  University of Washington - School of Fisheries - Links site to El Niño and ocean and climate resources.
  
  
• Western Regional Climate Center El Niño Page
  Site focuses on El Niño, La Niña and the Western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
  
  
• Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC)
  Gives the Canadian perspective on El Niño by Environment Canada. It includes operational forecasts by the Canadian Meteorological Center and links to other forecasts.
  
  
• An El Niño Theme Page: Accessing Distributed Information related to El Niño from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
  This is an award winning site maintained by the U.S.Dept of Commerce / NOAA / PMEL / TAO. What is La Niña is also available from this site.
  
  
• El Niño Loss Reduction Center
  Federal Emergency Management Agency - Preparedness: Get Smart, Get Ready! Disasters take many forms. They're caused by gale force winds, sudden floods, releases of deadly chemicals, fire, ice, even upheavals of the earth itself. When disaster strikes, the best protection is knowing what to do.
  
  
• NOAA's El Niño Page
  NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has primary responsibilities for providing forecasts to the Nation, and a leadership role in sponsoring El Ni–o observations and research.
  See also the NOAA La Niña page.
  
  
• About El Niño
  Bureau of Meteorology, Australia.
  
  
• El Niño Educational Module
  Earth System Science Education Program, Universities Space Research Program (USRA) - Site table of contents: Introduction, Impacts of the ENSO, History of ENSO Research, Understanding the Mechanisms of ENSO, Viewing ENSO, Numerical Models and ENSO Predicition, and Teaching and Learning Resouces.
  
  
• El Niño Watch Page
  JPL/NASA TOPEX/POSEIDON Homepage - Contains current information and the history/background of El Niño.

Non-English Language Sites

• A Prospectus for an IAI Research Cluster for Interannual Climate Research - Also available in Spanish.
  Trade Climatic Convergence Complex Research Consortium
  
  
• Caracteristicas Del Fenomeno El Niño 1997
  Alberto Poirier, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
  
  
• Fenomeno del Niño: Spanish language site provided by Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)
  Peruvian Center for Social Studies.
  
  
• El Niño 1997 - 1998: Spanish language site from the National Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP).
  
  
• Coloquio sobre El Niño-Oscilacion del Sur (ENOS):
  Perspectivas Atmosfiricas, Oceanicas, Sociales, Ambientales y Politicas.
  Also available in English.

Media Sources

• Tracking El Niño with NOVA
  NOVA/PBS - Next to the seasons, El Niño is the most powerful force driving global weather. On this NOVA/PBS Online Adventure, our correspondent tracked the effects of El Niño around the world. Find out what scientists are learning about this mysterious weather phenomenon.
  
  
• Resources: El Niño and La Niña
  Latest forecasts, technical discussions, and questions and answers.
  
  
• Storm99 Hurricane Central
  Lowes and co-sponsored by FEMA - News reports and links to information on the current status and global implications of El Niño.
  

Current Sea Surface Temperatures

• Current State Of the Tropical Pacific
• Latest SST Anomaly from CPC
• Realtime TAO Buoy Display
• Coast Watch USA West Coast El Niño Advisory
• CDC Animated SST's Past to the Present (Good)