NASA: Earth Observatory News
Kelvin Wave Renews El Nino
20 Mar 2010, 22:15 UTC
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A trio of globes of sea surface height anomalies shows a deep pulse of warm water—a Kelvin wave—crossing the Pacific Ocean in February 2010. Kelvin waves stregnthen and maintain El Niño episodes.
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