Monday, February 16, 2009

The Chilling Effect | This week’s cartoon: Merry Stimulus!

The Chilling Effect | In Our Climate, Most Are Blue States

Three massive challenges facing the UK | Matthew Taylor's blog
If anyone has any money to invest, I strongly recommend the British tourist industry. It’s absolutely packed out in Aviemore, they’ve even run out of skis!

The last time I was here there was hardly any snow and much talk of climate change destroying the winter economy. So here, at least, some good news. Otherwise, there isn’t much to smile about.
Climate Observations: Equatorial Currents Before, During, and After The 1997/98 El Nino
Most discussions of El Nino events center primarily on Sea Surface Temperature anomalies. Sometimes they include descriptions of surface (trade) winds. Rarely do they include illustrations of surface currents, but the changes in surface currents are a significant part of ENSO because they help show the transport of warm water from the West Pacific Warm Pool to the East Equatorial Pacific. This post illustrates the surface currents before, during, and after the 1997/98 El Nino event. The changes are significant and obvious.

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