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EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA

EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA

EL NIÑO Y LA NIÑA EN ESPAÑOL


Of Weather and Climate

A Meteorologist Looks at the Sea

Wake Up Call

Need for More Comprehensive Data

The Power of an Interdisciplinary Approach

Timeline

Credits

El Niño and La Niña: Tracing the Dance of Ocean and Atmosphere

Additional Links

Starting with the Atmosphere

Oceanography's Perspective

Additional Links

El Niņo Movie – This site has a movie that shows sea surface winds, heights, and water temperatures of the 1997-1998 El Niņo event (requires Quicktime; slow download).

El Niņo: Online Guide – A basic introduction to El Niņo with several graphics.

El Niņo's Coasts – This site has El Niņo animation showing the movement of the tradewinds and warm equatorial water mass.

Hot Air Over Hot Water – Try a few simple experiments to learn more about how El Niņo works; from the Franklin Institute.

Science Visualization Studio Images – Satellite pictures from the Satellite Visualization Studio at NASA's Goddard Space Center.

Top Ten El Niņo Events of this Century – From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).


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