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06.08.2010 15:23 Age: 14 yrs

La Niña's back

Category: Ocean and climate news

Taking over after its elder brother, El Niño, La Niña seems to be back in the Pacific.

 <link fileadmin images news mod_actus msla3d_20100804.png download>
Sea Level Anomalies in the Equatorial Pacific as of 2010-08-04
(see also <link fileadmin images news mod_actus nino-nina_2009-2010.avi download>August 2009-2010 animation, 4.6 MB, mp4 video)

Sea Level Anomalies are definitely lower near South America, and high around Indonesia. The heavy monsoon rains in Asia might have a link to this coupled ocean/atmosphere phenomena.
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