1997 El Niņo / Southern Oscillation - intended to provide near real-time reports primarily on marine and terrestrial events that may be linked to the development of the 1997 El Niņo, which appears to be unfolding as one of the most severe in history.
Bibliography on El Niņo and Flooding
CPC - La Niņa Coverage - Regularly updated discussion and coverage of the La Niņa weather system including global and regional impacts and forecasting.
CPC El Niņo/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Coverage of the 1997/98 El Niņo weather system from the Climate Prediction Centre, including forecasts, historical info, and the impact of the system on weather patterns.
Currents of Change: El Nino's Impact on Climate and Society - explains in simple terms what El Niņo is, its far-reaching impacts on all of us and how those impacts might be forecast.
Downstrike's El Niņo - La Niņa Forecast - 1998/1999 coverage for California, Nevada, and Oregon.
El Nino Images - animations of Pacific-centered storms and those on the West Coast of North America.
El Nino Theme Page: Accessing Distributed Information Related to El Nino - El Nino related products, including the most recent observational data, forecasts, scientific analyses and historical perspectives.
El Nino: Historical and Paleoclimatic Aspects of the Southern Oscillation - compares its modern morphology and variablilty with its recent historic and prehistoric behavior.
El Nino: The Ugly Duckling of Weather - an easy-to-understand explanation of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomena created for the non-scientist.
El Niņo - ongoing in-depth report about what El Niņo is and how it affects the environment, people, and the world, by the Environmental News Network.
El Niņo & La Niņa Predictions and Forecasts - Current El Nino-related climate predictions and forecasts from the NOAA/PMEL/TAO.
El Niņo - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - the latest on El Niņo, La Niņa, and El Viejo. Forecasts, status, climate effects, impacts, research, news, definitions, and more from the NOAA Office of Global Programs.
El Niņo and the Current State of the Tropical Pacific - up-to-date satellite imagery and an El Niņo primer.
El Niņo and the Southern Oscillation - by Kimberly Amaral.
El Niņo Grande - selected news stories and graphics from the San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner.
El Niņo Media Information
El Niņo Update - from the World Meteorological Organization.
El Niņo.Com - includes a brief history, news, "ask an expert" and local weather.
El Niņo: Research, Forecasts and Observations - NOAA and El Nino: NOAA's role in studying, predicting and mitigating the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon.
El Niņo: The Canadian Perspective
Experimental El Niņo Forecast - by the Experimental Climate Prediction Center at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
FEMA: El Niņo Loss Reduction Section - information on flood insurance, mitigation, cutting losses, news releases and links to other El Niņo sites.
Forecasts
JPL's El Niņo/La Niņa Watch - Pacific Ocean
La Nina Hangs On - Article from the JPL El Niņo/La Niņa watch. (March 10, 1999)
La Niņa - Forecast and Current Status
La Niņa - The evil sister of El Niņo - Informative site on La Niņa and El Niņo covers explanation of the systems, prediction/forecasting, and future effects of these phenomena.
La Niņa weakening, but only slowly - Article from explorezone.com showing the diminishing effects of the La Niņa system. (March 11, 1999)
New Scientist Planet Science: El Niņo Special Report - find out about the Pacific happenings that trigger El Niņo events, the catastrophic effects, the Atlantic's own El Niņo, and more.
NOAA El Niņo Page
NOAA La Niņa Page - information and links on the weather phenomenon characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.
NOAA's La Niņa Information
NOAA- Experimental U.S. Threats Assessment - Weekly Reports.
NOVA: Tracking El Niņo - reports on the effects of El Niņo around the world, and what scientists are learning about this mysterious weather phenomenon.
Preparing for El Niņo - links to forecasts, preparation tips, and satellite imagery provided by the Association of Bay Area Governments.
San Francisco Bay Area El Niņo - from the National Weather Service.
The Potential Use and Misuse of El Niņo Information - A workshop report from the Environmental and Social Impacts Group. Includes compilation of documents including an executive summary and a glossary.
Web Directory: El Niņo Links - includes full text articles online and bibliographies.
What is an El Nino? - from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmostpheric Administration of the U.S.
What is La Niņa?
What is the El Nino Southern Oscillation? - by John L. Daly.
Wrath of El Niņo - an Online NewsHour Forum in which Bob Livezey of the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center answers questions.
Year of El Niņo - explains the basics of the El Niņo/Southern Oscillation phenomenon and how it may affect Minnesota in particular.