Spring 1997 at 125W

TAO data

• Time-longitude plots of the 5-day anomoly zonal wind and thermocline depth along the equator. Notice the two Kelvin waves in the Spring of 1997.
  
  

• Latitude-time plots of the 5-day mean and anomoly winds along 125W. Notice the ITCZ variability.
  

• Time-longitude plots of the 5-day mean and anomoly SST along the equator. Notice the intense warming that marks the onset of an ENSO in April-May 1997.
  

CTD data

• CTD sections from GP2-97-KA along 125W and 140W during the Spring 1997. Notice that the thermocline is much deeper at 140W than at 125W and the spreading of isotherms associated with the EUC is much less apparent at 140W than at 125W.
  

Some Links

• CTD section archive from the NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana.
• NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana Cruise GP2-97-KA. Servicing the 125W and 140W TAO lines, 25 Mar-23 Apr 1997.

• TAO El Nino homepage.
• El Nino forecasts compiled by TAO project office.
  

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