El Nino During the 1990's: Harbinger of Climatic Change or Normal Fluctuation?

NASA/TP-209960, Wilson, Robert M., El Nino During the 1990's: Harbinger of Climatic Change or Normal Fluctuation?, Space Science Department, Science Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, February 2000, pp. 12, Format(s): PDF 238k

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Today, El Nino refers to the extreme warming episodes of the globally effective, coupled ocean-atmospheric interaction commonly known as ENSO (i.e., "El Nino-Southern Oscillation"). Concerning its observed decadal frequency and severity, El Nino during the 1990's has often been regarded as being anomalous. Results of analysis reported herein; however, appear to mitigate this belief.

Keywords:	enso, el nino, climatic change, climate
Subjects:	Geoscience: Meteorological and Climatology: Weather Forecasting
ID Code:	513
Deposited On:	01 August 2002