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Oceans
Vertical ocean temperature profile
Plimsoll line
Sea Surface Temperatures
Circulation within an ocean basin
Surface Ocean Currents
Gulf Stream
Ocean (Thermohaline) Conveyor
Cold and salty water sink relative to warm fresher water,form slow moving current of cold salty bottom water.
Rainfall on Christmas Island(Central Pacific)
Pressure in Darwin(Australia)
Sea surface temperature(Eastern Pacific)
El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
DRY
WET
WET
Longitude
Time
Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures 2001-2003
La Niña
Normal
El Niño
Eastern coastal upwelling
El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
DRY
WET
WET
El Niño Rainfall Anomalies Nov 2002-Jan 2003
North Atlantic Oscillation
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
NAO Weather
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