Warm Pacific Water Wave Heads East, But No El Niño Yet
Sea-level height data from NASA U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending July 27, 2004, show weaker than normal trade winds in the western and central equatorial Pacific have triggered an eastward moving, warm Kelvin wave.
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PIA06751
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August 4, 2004
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JPL
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