Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Resurgence in El Nino

A late fall, 2009, resurgence of El Nino is shown graphically on the attached link to the NASA Earth Obsevatory WEB site, A strong wave of warm water has spread from the western Pacific eastward as revealed from the satellite "Jason" which continuously monitors sea level height. This affects global climate conditions as discussed in class.

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