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El Nino Links and Resources
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El Nino Links and Resources

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Many websites, such as those below, offer useful information regarding El Nino and the associated weather, climate, agricultural and economic impacts that it has across the world

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Background Information

What is El Nino?

Scientific discussion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as to what El Nino is and what it means in terms of weather and climate

NOAA El Nino Page

Comprehensive resource regarding El Nino observations, research and forecasts.

Other El Nino Links

A collection of links to other websites offering information and media related to El Nino.

El Nino Bibliography

Papers and reports regarding El Nino's impacts to forestry, agriculture, weather and more across the United States.

IRI El Nino Resource

Resource from the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction highlighting forecasts and background information related to El Nino.

CPC El Nino Diagnostic

Resource from the Climate Prediction Center highlighting current and predicted El Nino conditions.


Impacts of El Nino

Crop Yield Impacts

Impacts of El Nino, La Nina, and neutral climate phases to crop yields in the United States.

North American Climate Patterns

Impacts of El Nino, La Nina, and neutral phases on precipitation and temperature patterns across North America.

Florida Precipitation

Precipitation probability deviations in Florida associated with El Nino and La Nina.

Snowfall Distributions

Snowfall frequency changes throughout the winter during El Nino and La Nina events.

Landfalling Hurricanes

How El Nino changes the probability of a hurricane to make landfall along the U.S. coast.

Tornado Occurences

Impacts on tornado occurences across the United States during El Nino and La Nina events.


Climate Links and Information

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Numerous other websites offer additional information about climate in general and how it is impacted by El Nino and other phenomena than we can provide on this site. The pages that follow are of particular interest for their quality and depth of information.

For information about the current weather (as opposed to the current climate situation), please see the Weather Links section of AgClimate.


General Climate

National Climatic Data Center

Offering a wealth of climate data for the U.S. and the world.

NOAA Climate Prediction Center

Climate monitoring, assessments and forecasts.

Southeast Regional Climate Center

Climate highlights and information for the Southeast United States.

Southeast Climate Consortium

The group behind the AgClimate site, with additional information on Southeastern U.S. climates.

Climate Highlights

Monthly climate highlight articles from the International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate Prediction.


Other Regional Climate Groups

RISA Home

Home page of the main Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments group.

California

California climate studies and climate change information.

Pacific Northwest

Impacts of natural climate variability and climate change in the Northwest United States.

Western Water Assessment

Water resource decision management in the Western United States.

Southwest (CLIMAS)

Long-term climate change and variability in the Southwest United States.

New England

Mapping New England's climate change and air quality.

NOAA Coastal Service Center

Office within NOAA devoted to serving the nation's state and local coastal resource management programs.


State Climatologist Offices

Alabama

Florida

Georgia

South Carolina

North Carolina


Climate and El Nino

Climate Digest

Global view of climates and climatic impacts, including additional information on the current El Nino phase.

Agricultural Perspective

The USDA's El Nino/La Nina website, offering an agricultural perspective on El Nino and its impacts on climate.

Climate Anomalies

Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) discussions and background on how El Nino impacts local and global climates.

El Nino Climate Comparison

Similar to our Climate tool, this tool allows you to compare climatic impacts as a result of El Nino and La Nina events over the past fifty-plus years.

Crop Yield Impacts

A paper detailing the effects that El Nino and La Nina have on climates and the resulting impacts on agriculture and crop yields.


Drought Information

Southeast Drought Information

Southeast Regional Climate Center drought information page, including many graphical depictions of current drought status.

U.S. Drought Monitor

Comprehensive resource highlighting nationwide drought conditions and basic background information about droughts.

NOAA Drought Information Center

Background information on droughts along with current drought assessments.

Drought Indices

From the Huntsville, Alabama office of the National Weather Service, these indices provide many means of following, assessing, and predicting current and future drought conditions across the Southeast and the entire United States.


Weather Links

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While we do not provide current weather information or forecasts, there are many other websites that do provide that information.


State Agricultural Observing Networks

FAWN

Florida Automated Weather Network, with information from many agricultural stations across Florida.

Ga. Automated Environmental Monitoring Network

Georgia's automated network, offering weather and climate data from an array of stations across Georgia.


National Weather Service Local Weather

The following local offices of the National Weather Service serve the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. Click on the city name closest to your locale for a local forecast.

Florida

Alabama

Georgia

North Carolina

Virginia

Jacksonville

Miami

Birmingham

Atlanta

Wilmington

Wakefield

Key West

Tallahassee

Huntsville

Charleston, SC

Newport

Melbourne

Tampa

Mobile


General Weather Information

National Weather Service

Official forecasts and current conditions across the United States.

NWS Southern Region

Tailored information to the Southeast United States from the National Weather Service.

National Hurricane Center

Follow the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season!

UCAR Weather Data

Surface observations, radar and satellite imagery, and more advanced meteorological data and information.

Farmer's Almanac

Current and predicted weather information from The Farmer's Almanac.


Commercial Weather Information

The Weather Channel

Forecasts for many cities across the United States and the world.

Weather Underground

Weather forecasts and information with special topic themes.

Intellicast

Weather information and columns from Intellicast.

Accuweather

Weather forecasts and a bevy of premium products.