ENSO Page • Watts Up With That?

Welcome to the WUWT ENSO (El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation) Page. Here you’ll find a collection of the most commonly used graphs, images, and data sources for monitoring ocean temperature and oscillation patterns. These links were submitted by WUWT readers.

For ENSO Forecasts, please visit the ENSO Forecast Page

Niño Region Sea Surface Indexes and Anomalies

Niño 3.4 Region Sea Surface Temperature Index – 5 Years

When values are Negative: Cooling/La Niña | Positive: Warming/El Niño

More BOM Graphs here

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in Niño 3.4 Region – 1999 to Present

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in Nino 3.4 Region — NOAA – National Climate Data Center – Click the pic to view at source

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in Niño 3.4 Region – 1950 to Present

Below is a clickable map of Niño regions from OOPC – click one to get the most current graph:

ENSO Indexes

El Niño Modoki Index

Japan Agency For Marine-Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC – Click the pic to view at source

Multivariate ENSO Index – 1950 to Present

East Pacific Oscillation (EPO) Index - 13 Day Forecast — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) – Click the pic to view at source

Multivariate ENSO Index – 1950 to Present

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) – 2000 to Present

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) – 1950 to Present

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) – 1882 to Present

Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Index – 1900 to Present

Monthly UAH Mid-Tropospheric Anomalies - 1979 to Present — climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – Professor, University of Oslo Department of Geosciences – Click the pic to view at source

Sea Surface Temperature

NOAA SST Map, click for sub-regions:

UNISYS Current Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Plot

BoM Monthly Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies:

Link to NOAA Global Sea Surface Temperature image with clickable regions to enlarge each region here

Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature & Anomaly With Wind – Current

Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature & Anomaly With Wind – 7-Day Average

Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature – 30 Days Including 7 Day Forecast

Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature – NOAA Climate Prediction Center – 3 Months

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in Nino 3 Region — National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Climate Prediction Center – Click the pic to view at source

Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies – BoM – 3 Months

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/surface_anim.gif

Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature – 3 Months Including 7 Day Forecast:

12 Month SST — Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Monterey Marine Meteorology Division – Click the pic to view at source

Global Sea Surface Temperature Animation – 30 Days Including 7 Day Forecast

Global Sea Surface Temperature – 3 Months – NOAA – National Weather Service:

Global Sea Surface Temperature – 12 Months Including 7 Day Forecast – Naval Research Laboratory (NRL):

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/GLBhycom1-12/navo/globalsst_nowcast_anim365d.gif

Custom Sea Surface Temperature Mapping Tool – from 1981 – NOAA – National Weather Service:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/mnth_movie.shtml

Ocean Subsurface Temperature:

Equatorial Temperature and Anomalies Down To 450 Meters

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Climate Prediction Center – Click the pic to view at source

BoM Monthly Subsurface Pacific Ocean Equatorial Temperature Anomalies down to 400 Meters:

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) – Click the pic to view at source

BoM 5 Day Subsurface Pacific Ocean Equatorial Temperature Means and Anomalies down to 500 Meters:

Equatorial Upper-Ocean Heat Anomalies

Average Temperature and Anomalies 55 Meters:

Average Temperature and Anomalies 105 Meters:

Average Temperature and Anomalies 155 Meters:

Equatorial Temperature Anomaly 2 months (Surface to 450 Meters):

Equatorial Temperature Anomaly 12 months (Surface to 450 Meters):

BoM Subsurface Pacific Ocean Equatorial Average Temperature and Anomalies at 150 Meters:

Sea Level:

Sea Level Anomalies

Global Sea Surface Height

Global Sea Surface Height – 30 Day Animation – Naval Research Laboratory (NRL):

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/glb8_3b/html/anims/glb/ssh30d.gif

Global Sea Surface Height – 12 Month Naval Research Laboratory (NRL):

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/glb8_3b/html/anims/glb/ssh12m.gif

Salinity:

Global Sea Surface Salinity – Current

Global Sea Surface Salinity – 30 Day Animation Including 7 Day Forecast – Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Monterey Marine Meteorology Division:

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/GLBhycom1-12/navo/globalsss_nowcast_anim30d.gif

Global Sea Surface Salinity – 12 Month Animation Including 7 Day Forecast: – Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Monterey Marine Meteorology Division

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/GLBhycom1-12/navo/globalsss_nowcast_anim365d.gif

Reference for El Niño and La Niña weather pattern effects:

Proper computer editing usage of the terms El Niño and La Niña:

So often people take shortcuts when writing about these because the proper Spanish ñ or enye is not typed. Here is an easy reference:

On all systems if you type “Niño” you’ll get Niño.

On Apple Macintosh operating systems (including Mac OS X), it can be achieved by pressing and holding the Option key then typing “N”, followed by typing either “N” or “n”.

To make a lowercase ñ on the Microsoft Windows operating system, hold down the Alt key and type the number 164 or 0241 on the numeric keypad (with Num Lock turned on). To make an uppercase Ñ, press Alt-165 or Alt-0209. Character Map in Windows identifies the letter as “Latin Small/Capital Letter N With Tilde”.

In Microsoft Word, a capital Ñ can be typed by pressing Control-Shift-Tilde (~), and then typing an “N”.

In Linux, an uppercase Ñ can be typed by holding Control and Shift while typing UD1. Similarly, a lowercase ñ can be typed with the code UF1.

Shortlink for this page, suitable for blog posts and Twitter feeds:

http://wp.me/P7y4l-6gT

Source Guide

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM):

Home Page – http://www.bom.gov.au/

Climate Page – http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/

ENSO Page – http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

climate4you.com – Ole Humlum

Home Page –http://climate4you.com/

Ole Humlum Bibliography – http://climate4you.com/Text/BIBLIOGRAPHY%20OLE%20HUMLUM.pdf

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Climate Prediction Center –

Home Page – http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

Products Page – http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/

Monitoring and Data Products Page – http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/MD_index.shtml

Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) – http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/

Atmospheric & SST Indices Page – http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/

Monitoring and Data Page – http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/monitoring_and_data/

FTP Page – ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)

Home Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/

Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Products Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/products/

Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Data Products Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – State Of The Ocean

Home Page – http://stateoftheocean.osmc.noaa.gov//

Pacific Page – http://stateoftheocean.osmc.noaa.gov/sur/pac/

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)

Home Page – http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

Products Page – http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/NODC-Major-Products.html

Data Page – http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/getdata.html

Heat Content Page – http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/3M_HEAT_CONTENT/

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS), Florida State University – Ryan N. Maue PhD – Environmental Prediction (NCEP) – Global Forecast System (GFS)

Home Page –http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/index.shtml

Products Page – http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/weather/

Data Page – http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/extreme/gfs/current/

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Monterey Marine Meteorology Division

Home Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/

Products Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/proddemo.htm

Satellite Products Page- http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_products.html

NOGAPS Forcast Products Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/metoc/nogaps/NOGAPS_global_net.html

Data Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/archdat/

Multi-view – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/global.cgi

Navel Coasal Ocean Model – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/

FTP Page – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/Links/

FTP Page Global – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/Links/glb/

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)

Home Page – http://www.knmi.nl/index_en.html?bandwidth=high

KNMI Climate Explorer Products Page – http://climexp.knmi.nl/start.cgi?someone@somewhere?bandwidth=high

StormSurf.com

Home Page – http://www.stormsurf.com/

Model Products Page – http://www.stormsurf.com/mdls/menu.html

Weather Model – Global Jet Stream Wind and 250 mb Pressure – http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250

Wave Mode – North Atlantic Surface Pressure and Wind – http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=natla_slp

University of Colorado at Boulder

Home Page – http://sealevel.colorado.edu/

Sea Level Calibration Page: http://sealevel.colorado.edu/content/calibration

Sea Level Release Notes Page: http://sealevel.colorado.edu/content/release-notes

Temperature Results Page – http://sealevel.colorado.edu/results.php

FTP Page – http://sealevel.colorado.edu/current/

Additional Resources:

University of Alabama at Huntsville – Roy Spencer PhD

Home Page – http://www.drroyspencer.com/

Global Temp Page – http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/

Distributed Information Services for Climate and Ocean Products and Visualizations for Earth Research (DISCOVER) Project at University of Alabama at Huntsville

Home Page – http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/

Temperature Page – http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/amsutemps.html

Sea Surface Temperature Page – http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/execute.csh?amsutemps+001

Temperature 14,000 feet Page: – http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/execute.csh?amsutemps+002

Cooperative Institute Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) operates as an institute within the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)

CIMSS Home Page – http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/

CIMSS Products Page – http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/data/

SSEC Home Page – http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/

SSEC Products Page – http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter/

Global Satellite Composite Flat – http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/comp/ir/irmoll.html

Global Satellite Composite Round – http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/globe/cldspin.html

Global Water Vapor – http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/comp/wv/wvmoll.mpg

Coriolis Operational Oceanography

Homepage –http://www.coriolis.eu.org/

Products Page – http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Services-Products/View-Download/

Sea Surface Temperature & Salinity Maps Page – http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Services-Products/View-Download/Browse-T-S-maps

FTP Page – http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Services-Products/View-Download/Download-via-FTP

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Home Page – http://www.ecmwf.int/

Products Page – http://www.ecmwf.int/products/

Forecasts Page – http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts

International Research Institute (IRI)/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Climate Data Library -The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Home Page – http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt

General Products Page – http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=944&PageID=7868&mode=2

Atmospheric Circulation Products Page- http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/.Global/.Atm_Circulation/

Height Anomaly Loop Products Page – http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/.Global/.Atm_Circulation/Height_Anom_Loops.html

Atmospheric Temperature Page – http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/.Global/.Atm_Temp/

(Note that the data from this source should be viewed with skepticism as Dr. R.K. Pachauri is the Board Chair: http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=551&PageID=0&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2)w

NASA – Jet Propulsion Lab – California Institute of Technology – Ocean Surface Topography From Space

Home Page – http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/

Data Sources – SSH Maps – http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/Science/datasources/ssha/

NOAA/NESDIS SST imagery:

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/ocean/sst/anomaly.html

UNISYS SST Plot:

http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst_anom.html

Naval Research Laboratory Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM):

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/eqp.html

ECMWF real-time S3 ocean analysis:

http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/ocean/real_time/xymaps/

University of Colorado at Boulder Sea Level Page