The tropical atmosphere ocean array is completed

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The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array was a 10-year project launched under the auspices of the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Program.TAO aimed to gather measurements of climatic changes in the tropical atmosphere, particularly those resulting from El Nino currents and Southern Oscillation events. Variations were detected and measured by NASA's polar-orbiting weather satellites and transmitted to the Global Telecommunication System for disctributionto the different weather stations.

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Oceans retain more carbon dioxide during El Nino events

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A study conducted by the Natl Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reveals that the oceans, especially in the equatorial Pacific, contains more carbon dioxide (CO2) during an El Nino event. The study shows that El Nino events bring changes in the net exchange of CO2 between the atmosphere and the oceans. The NOAA study is one of the first the unequivocally associates changes in the earth's climate events with changes in ocean carbon dioxide exchange.

Environmental aspects, El Nino, El Nino Current, Carbon dioxide, United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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The effect of El Nino on U.S. landfalling hurricanes

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The El Nino phenomenon, characterized by the occurrence of warm water along the equator in the Pacific Ocean, tends to reduce the frequency of hurricanes making landfall on the US mainland. Data gathered from 1949 to 1992 indicate that the probability of two or more hurricanes hitting the US in an El Nino year is 21%. On the other hand, the probability of two or more hurricanes making landfall on the US during a regular year is 46%.

Hurricanes, Letter to the Editor

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