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The Fickle El Niño of 2014

Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Sept. 22, 2014

This image from NASA's European Jason-2 satellite shows Kelvin waves of high sea level (red/yellow) crossing the Pacific Ocean at the equator. The waves can be related to El Niño events.

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