Members: Mabalot, Ma. Abigael S. Zaplan, Lhicole CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEMS EL NIÃO El Niño is defined by prolonged differences in the Pacific Ocean sea surface tempretures when…

Major discrepancies in the analyzed representation of prominent features of the tropical atmosphere Oreste Reale GEST/UMBC and NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres Outline…

El Niño Length Non-El Niño - 5 to 10 years El Niño - 1 to 3 years Equatorial Pacific in El Niño 20% of the time! Satellite Technology TOPEX/Poseidon Jason 1997-98…

Tropical weather systems within a global data assimilation and forecasting framework Oreste Reale NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres and GEST/UMBC Motivation The deadliest…

Major discrepancies in the analyzed wind in the tropics Oreste Reale GESTAR-USRA and NASA GSFC Earth Sciences Division Motivation Operational analyses and state-of-the-art…