COSEE Ocean Systems: News
'La Nada' climate pattern lingers in the Pacific
Description: New remote sensing data show near-normal sea-surface height conditions across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This neutral, or "La Nada" event, has stubbornly persisted for 16 months, since spring 2012. Models suggest this pattern will continue through the spring of 2014, according to the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. Without an El Niño or La Niña signal present, other, less predictable, climatic factors will govern fall, winter and spring weather conditions. [Source: NASA Climate Change News]
URL: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/981
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Source: NASA Climate Change News
Publish Date: 9/9/2013
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