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El Niño is yawning
 
27 February 2002

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Sea Level Anomaly in the Tropical Pacific Ocean
Weekly sea level anomaly in the Tropical Pacific Ocean between December 02, 2001 and February 17, 2002.

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Week of 26 October, 1997
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Sea level anomalies of the Tropical Pacific Ocean when El Niño was in full development.

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3-D representation of the fully developed 1997 El Niño
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The height is the sea level anomaly (-40 to +40 cm) measured by the Radar Altimeter and the colour is the sea surface temperature anomaly (-6 to +8 degrees) measured by the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR). Both of these instruments are also on-board Envisat.

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Flood in Tumbes, Peru
A river bed is cleaned as part of a program to combat the effects of El Nino-caused weather in Tumbes in northern Peru on Sunday, November 23, 1997.

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