File:Enso elnino.png

Summary

it's under PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA. EN WP says:

ENSO/ El Niño state.

• Sea surface is warm in central and eastern Pacific.
• Less cold water is pulled up along west coast of South America.
• Hot air rises in central Pacific, travels east and west before cooling and descending.

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Derived from NOAA / PMEL / TAO diagrams. http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/diagrams/index.html

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