File:Enso normal.png

Enso_normal.png (590 × 413 pixels, file size: 19 KB, MIME type: image/png)

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English: ENSO normal state.
  • Normal equatorial winds warm as they flow westward across the Pacific.
  • Cold water is pulled up along west coast of South America.
  • Warming water is pushed toward west side of Pacific.
  • Sea surface is warm in the west.
  • Hot air rises in western Pacific, travels eastward and cool air descends on South America.
Source http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/diagrams/index.html (archived link)
Author NOAA/PMEL/TAO
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File:Pacific Ocean ru.png
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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current10:28, 23 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 10:28, 23 February 2006590 × 413 (19 KB)Wikierit's under PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA. EN WP says: ENSO normal state. * Normal equatorial winds warm as they flow westward across the Pacific. * Cold water is pulled up along west coast of South America. * Warming water is pushed toward west side of Pacific. * S
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