*** This page is updated on Tuesday of each week ***
Using weekly data from the past year.
Data Sources:
SST,
OLR
(OLR = Outgoing Longwave Radiation)
[SST]
[OLR]
[SST and OLR]
1:
1983-84 SST (JAN83 - DEC84)
2:
1988-89 SST (JAN88 - DEC89)
3:
1995-96 SST (JAN95 - DEC96)
4:
1998-99 SST (JAN98 - DEC99)
Comparison of these 4 La Niña events
Comparison of 2 BIG La Niña events (88-89, 98-99)
SST Animations of Recent El Niño (warm) Events
1:
1982-83 SST (JAN82 - JUL83)
2:
1991-92 SST (JAN91 - JUL92)
3:
1994-95 SST (JAN94 - JUL95)
4:
1997-98 SST (JAN97 - DEC98)
Comparison of these 4 El Niño events
Comparison of 2 Big El Niño events (82-83, 97-98)
NOAA-CIRES
Climate Diagnostics Center
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Updated: Oct 12, 2004 01:08:27 MDT
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/sst_olr/el_nino_anim.shtml