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Climate and Science => Climatology and Environment => Topic started by: Martin4Jay on October 25, 2015, 12:53:21 AM

Title: El Nino is big this year, and threatens major disruptions across the globe
Post by: Martin4Jay on October 25, 2015, 12:53:21 AM

El Nino is big this year, and threatens major disruptions across the globe
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Title: Re: El Nino is big this year, and threatens major disruptions across the globe
Post by: Mark on December 10, 2015, 05:18:53 PM

The 2015–16 El Niño is strong, and likely to rank in the top three events of the past 50 years. Presently, several key indicators fall short of their 1997–98 and 1982–83 values, both in the ocean (e.g. sub-surface temperatures, which have peaked around +8 °C this year, compared to +12 °C in 1997–98), and atmosphere (e.g. SOI, for which monthly values peaked around −20, while 1982–83 had several months at −30).


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