EL NIÑO AND CLIMATE PREDICTION

The Monograph

For an on-line version of the entire Reports to the Nation: El Niño and Climate Prediction, please click here.

The 1997-98 El Niño

A strong El Niño has been developing since April of 1997 and has continued into 1998. Links to information on the current status of El Niño, are found in our summary of how a typical El Niño influences weather. Current status, impacts, and predictions can be found here. Please contact private weather forecasting firms for more detailed forecasts of how El Niño is influencing the weather in a specific region.

The Movies

• Global Monsoons
• North and Central America Surface Temperature
• North and Central America Surface Precipitation
• Land and Ocean Precipitation in the Americas

Miscellanea

• El Niño/Southern Oscillation Advisory (somewhat technical)
• Glossary
• Suggested Reading
• Datasets
• El Niño Theme Page
• Forces behind El Niño
• Socio-Economic Costs of El Niño

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Candace Gudmundson gcg@atmos.washington.edu