La Niņa readies to
steal El Niņo's thunder
Water in the Pacific has started to cool rapidly, portending unusual winter weather.
References:
Information about El Niņo and La Niņa can be found at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center at http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1997. Spying on El Niņo. Science News 152(Oct. 25):268.
Sources:
Vernon E. Kousky
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
5200 Auth Road
Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304Arthur J. Miller
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
UCSD CRD 0224
La Jolla, CA 92093-0224
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