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Websites in El Niño and La Niña

1. CPC - La Niña Coverage
   Regularly updated discussion and coverage of the La Niña weather system including global and regional impacts and forecasting.
   http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/
   
   
2. CPC El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
   Coverage of the 1997/98 El Niño weather system from the Climate Prediction Centre, including forecasts, historical info, and the impact of the system on weather patterns.
   http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/
   
   
3. El Niño Loss Reduction Center
   US Federal Emergency Management Agency preparedness advice and general information about the phenomenon.
   http://www.fema.gov/nwz97/elnino.shtm
   
   
4. El Niño and La Niña: Tracing the Dance of Ocean and Atmosphere
   National Academies popular article describes the basic scientific research that led to our current understanding of these weather phenomenon.
   http://www7.nationalacademies.org/opus/elnino.html
   
   
5. El Niño/La Niña Watch
   Arhive of images and news releases about observations of the El Nino/La Nina phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and other NASA/JPL satellites and instruments.
   http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/elnino/index.html
   
   
6. La Niña - The evil sister of El Niño
   Informative site on La Niña and El Niño covers explanation of the systems, prediction/forecasting, and future effects of these phenomena.
   http://nimbo.wrh.noaa.gov/Medford/lanina/
   
   
7. The Potential Use and Misuse of El Niño Information
   A workshop report from the Environmental and Social Impacts Group. Includes compilation of documents including an executive summary and a glossary.
   http://www.esig.ucar.edu/elnino/table.html
   
   
8. What is La Niña?
   Illustrated explanation with realtime graphics and animations of data. Also numerous links to reference material from NOAA.
   http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/la-nina-story.html
   
   
9. What is an El Niño?
   Illustrated explanation with realtime graphics and animations of data from the tropical Pacific Ocean. From NOAA.
   http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino-story.html
   
   

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