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There is a great volume of material in 1997-98 dedicated to El Niņo and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Below, I have reduced it to most of the best and sorted them into three categories. I have also included at the end the homepage of the Atlantic's version of ENSO, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Research on this latter phenomenon is relatively new.

However, first I present an image that shows the series of El Niņo and La Niņas over the past 40 years, as witnessed by pressure oscillations across the Pacific (the Southern Oscillation); and then I present an image that demonstrates the early strength of the 1997-98 El Nino, in the form of a temperature anomaly map.

GENERAL SITES

• NOAA/OGP ENSO Homepage
• El Nino Themepage from NOAA
• CNN - El Niņo

  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

  • UIUC's Weather World Introduction to El Niņo
  • NASA's El Niņo Primer
  • NOAA/PMEL/TAO Frequently Asked Questions about Climate and El Niņo
  • CDC's What is an El Niņo? (Detailed description of circulation changes).
  • CDC's ENSO Animation (3-D sea surface topography and temperature animation).

  1997-98 El NINO INFORMATION, PREDICTIONS, DATA

  • CPC El Niņo/Southern Oscillation Main Page (Predictions, data, regional climatic impacts).
  • NOAA/PMEL/TAO 1997 El Niņo and Climate Information
  • Scripps Institute 3-D temperature anomaly maps (Also, Scripps' El Niņo link page).
  • NOAA/PMEL/TAO El Niņo Theme Page (Climate data and information related to the El Niņo/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon).

  THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO)

  • NAO Home Page Further Information on NAO

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