El Niño Southern Oscillation
A Computer Methods 1 Project
This document was prepared by
Adrian Taylor
for his Computer Methods 1
project at the University of Bristol.
More professional information may be found at various places: the USA
Today newspaper has produced a brief description
here, while
NCAR
covers it in more depth. The same question is again answered in
an El Niño
Educational Module for US schools. A list of relevant books may be
found at
this
Australian page. There are several good links pages available,
most notably this
one.
Contents
- Introduction
- How the normal Pacific current system works
- Changes that occur with El Niño
- Measurement of El Niño
- Effects of El Niño
- Current research
- Prediction
- Conclusions
Once you have finished all that, a quiz is available.
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© Adrian Taylor 1997. Most icons © Jay Boersma. Satellite image from SSEC. Other images (excep
t Made with Mac) my own.