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Climate Variability
Mean state of the ocean and atmosphere across the tropical Pacific
	1. Mean ocean surface temperatures 2. Mean tropical Pacific rainfall, winds, and subsurface ocean temperatures 3. Mean wintertime jet streams over the North Pacific and South Pacific
The ENSO cycle
El Niño and La Niña Ocean Temperature Patterns The Southern Oscillation and its link to the ENSO cycle The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

	El Niño
El Niño (ENSO) related rainfall patterns over the tropical Pacific El Niño-related winds, the state of the equatorial Walker circulation, subsurface ocean structure El Niño-related global temperature and rainfall patterns El Niño - related changes in atmospheric circulation in the subtropics and middle latitudes

La Niña
La Niña-related rainfall patterns over the tropical Pacific La Niña-related winds, the state of the equatorial Walker circulation, subsurface ocean structure La Niña-related global temperature and rainfall patterns La Niña- related changes in atmospheric circulation in the subtropics


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El Niño and La Niña - related winter features over North America


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