El Niño Comparison Page - Highlights of 1997-98 and 2015-16 El Niños

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2018-2019

2015-2016 1997-1998
  20160311
Warm water pool returns to near normal state
  20160207
Warm water pool is thinning
  20160108
Volume of warm water pool has decreased
  20151227
New Satellite image captures 1997 El Niño rhythm
181123 20151206
El Niño completes "double peak" pattern
181108 20151118
El Niño's warm water pool is increasing
20181024 20151031


New TOPEX/Poseidon image shows El Niño is still strong

     
20181009


El Niño spreads northward along coast of North America

20180918
TOPEX/Poseidon image shows El Niño is still strong
20180903  
20180816
Warmer Water From the American Coast to the International Date Line
20180801
20180717
Higher-than-normal Sea Level
20180702
20180608
20180524
Warm Water Starts Piling Up
20180424


Oceanic "Kelvin" Wave Reaches South America

20180322


Westerly Wind Triggers an Oceanic "Kelvin" Wave