Ocean temperature anomalies at the peak of an El Niño event, simulated in a state-of-the-art climate model at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Worldwide losses resulting from the 1997-98 El Niño are estimated at $32-$96 billion.
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Ocean temperature anomalies at the peak of an El Niño event, simulated in a state-of-the-art climate model at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Worldwide losses resulting from the 1997-98 El Niño are estimated at $32-$96 billion.