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La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, as compared to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific

El Niño (December 1997)

La Niña (December 2000)

El Niño (December 1997) (March 2002)

SST anomalies (°C)
Sea surface temperature anomalies (°C)

General Information What is La Niña? ...from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
La Niña information ... from NOAA Public Affairs
Frequently asked questions - updated

Global Sea Surface Temperature charts ...by the National Satellite, Data and Information Service
Latest El Niño/La Niña Jason Data ...from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Update on status of La Niña ... from the Climate Prediction Center
List of El Niño & La Niña years ...from the National Center for Environmental Prediction
El Niño/La Niña research and references ...Physical Sciences Division/ESRL
El Niño/La Niña Quick Look ...International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Present conditions vs historic La Niña events ...Physical Sciences Division/ESRL
El Niño/La Niña page ...from National Center for Atmospheric Research
Realtime El Niño / La Niña visualizations ...from the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Visualizations Page (use Search for La Nina) ...from the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Environmental Visualizations ...from the NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
GLOBE La Niña / El Niño experiment ... from the GLOBE program - good educational resource
Children of the Tropics: El Niño and La Niña ... from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Animation of 3D TAO La Niña temperatures ...from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Forecasts ENSO Advisory ... from the National Center for Environmental Prediction
La Niña and El Niño forecasts ...from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
International forecasts, by region ...from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society
U.S. temperature and precipitation outlook/forecasts ...from the Climate Prediction Center
Atlantic Hurricane outlook ...from the Climate Prediction Center
Impact Historic U.S La Niña and El Niño impacts ...from the Physical Sciences Division/ESRL
U.S. Threats assessment ...from the Climate Prediction Center
La Niña Impacts ....from University Center for Atmospheric Research
La Niña and the (US) Pacific Northwest ...from University of Washington
Depiction of the 1997/98 El Niño La Niña impacts ... from the National Climatic Data Center
La Niña, El Niño and the Atlantic Hurricane damages in the U.S. ...from the Atlantic Ocean Marine Laboratory
La Niña summit La Niña summit ...from the National Center for Atmospheric Research
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