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.