The 1997/98 El Niño and 1998/99 La Niña events

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Mass media stories on El Niño/La Niña
(updated daily) 
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    1999: Sep | Aug | July | June | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan
    1998: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan
    1997: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | AugJune/July
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  • Todays'  Worldwide SST Anomaly


    (This isn't actually today's anomaly, 
    you must click the icon to get the big picture!)

    A multivariate ENSO index comparing
    the 7 strongest El Niño events since  1950

    Click to get an enlarged version of this El Nino Index
    A multivariate ENSO index comparing
    the 7 strongest La Niña events since 1949
    Click to get an enlarged version of this La Ni?a index
    Animated GIF of weekly Pacific Ocean SST 
    anomalies, January 1997 to present

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    Animated GIF of monthly subsurface equatorial 
    anomalies, October 1994 to present

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    Some nice sites to visit for more info on El Ni?o
     
  • NOAA's PMEL EL Nino Theme Page 
  • El Nino: Taking the pulse
  • NOAA's West Coast El Nino Watch Advisory 
  • NOAA's OGP ENSO page 
  • NOAA's CPC ENSO page
  • Florida State University El Nino Resources page
  • Popular Science's El Nino - the Weathermaker
  • PBS NOVA site on ENSO
  • The Long Paddock
  • The Pacific Decadal Oscillation
     
  • PDO page at UW
  • PDO page at JPL
  • PDO Press