Pacific/Arctic Ocean Overview
– El Niño conditions (NINO 3.4> 0.5 oC) peaked in Dec 09, and weakened steadily during Jan-Mar 2010, and are expected to transition to ENSO-neutral conditions by summer 2010; – Westerly wind bursts events, which have been very active from July 2009 to Mar 2010, contributed to the strengthening an...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.433.676 http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/ocean_briefing_gif/global_ocean_monitoring_2010_04.pdf |
| Summary: | – El Niño conditions (NINO 3.4> 0.5 oC) peaked in Dec 09, and weakened steadily during Jan-Mar 2010, and are expected to transition to ENSO-neutral conditions by summer 2010; – Westerly wind bursts events, which have been very active from July 2009 to Mar 2010, contributed to the strengthening and maintenance of the 2009/10 El Niño; – PDO was near-normal in Aug-Dec 2009, and became weakly above-normal in Jan- |
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