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Images of sea-surface height taken during the El Nino episodes of 1997 and 2015. A line graph compares types of surface waves by energy and wave frequency, showing ordinary tide waves, long-period waves, wind waves, and capillary waves, with causes such as wind, storms, and earthquakes labeled above each category.
False-color map of the equatorial Pacific Ocean showing sea level variations in millimeters, with blue and purple indicating lower sea levels and red and white indicating higher sea levels appearing along the Equator, suggesting the passage of a Kelvin wave and early El Nino development in 2023.
Map of the tropical Pacific Ocean highlighting the four ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) regions: Niño 4, Niño 3.4, Niño 3, and Niño 1+2. The regions are marked as colored rectangles along the equator from near Australia to the coast of South America, illustrating key zones used to monitor El Niño and La Niña climate events.
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Images of sea-surface height taken during the El Niño episodes of 1997 and 2015, which help to compare the intensity and extent of warm water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
El Niño episodes are characterized by unusually warm ocean conditions along the tropical...
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diagram of surface waves
Diagram illustrating types of surface waves and their frequencies, causes (including...
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Monitoring regions for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
The important part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean is the Niño 3.4 region. The temperature...
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