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This
section has four pages. Click on the pdf icon at left if you do not have
an activity sheet for this section.
A - Comparison of Different El Niños
Click
here to go to the EL
NIÑO COMPARISON GRAPH site.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the site to see the graph of El Niños.
- Record the years of El Niños in the chart in the activity book then answer the following questions about the El Niños.
- Which El Niño year before 1997 was the most severe?
- What was the greatest recorded sea surface temperature increase above normal?
- What is the approximate month / year of the greatest sea surface temperature increase above normal?
- What was the greatest recorded sea surface decrease below normal?
- What is the approximate month / year of the greatest sea surface temperature decrease below normal?
- In what year was El Niño the weakest?
- During the period around June on the left side of the graph, what was the difference in temperatures between the 1986 El Niño and the 1997 El Niño?
