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| It rose out of the tropical Pacific in late 1997, bearing more energy than a million Hiroshima bombs Hiroshima bombs. By the time it had run its course eight months later, the giant El Niño of 1997-98 had deranged weather patterns around the world, killed an estimated 2,100 people, and caused at least 33 billion [U 39.87 Kb. 1 | read |
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| Why Should I study the Ocean? We all came from the sea. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea – whether it is to sail or to watch it – we are going back from whence we came 15.27 Kb. 1 | read |
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| A specialized agency of the United Nations Press Release Weather • Climate • Water Celsius above the pre-industrial era. This is due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming, according to the World Meteorological Organization (wmo) 28.44 Kb. 1 | read |
| P. O. Box 3000 Boulder, co, 80307-3000 The variability of ssts in the tropical Atlantic is well represented in ccsm4 although the leading eof in ccsm4 shows more homogeneous warming than the leading eof in observations 3.04 Mb. 16 | read |
| Prediction from Weeks to Decades Decadal Variability (amv); trend among others. Some of the outstanding challenges include how to evaluate and validate prediction systems, how to improve models and prediction systems 1.43 Mb. 6 | read |
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