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    Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR)

    Pentad mean and anomalous OLR

    Time-longitude section of anomalous OLR

    850-hPa Zonal Wind

    Time-longitude Section (GDAS data)

    Time-longitude Section (Anomalous)

    Daily time series averaged over 160°E-100°W, 5°N-5°S (GDAS data)

    Daily time series for the standard index areas (see Figure T3, CDB)(GDAS data)

    Sea Surface Temperature (SST)

    Weekly SST Anomalies

    Time-longitude section of SST anomalies (5°N-5°S)

    Time series of weekly SST anomalies for the 4 Niño regions

    Time series of weekly SST and Climatology for the 4 Niño regions

    Subsurface Tropical Pacific Ocean Analyses

    Mean and anomalous equatorial temperatures

    Equatorial depth of the 20°C isotherm

    Anomalous equatorial depth of the 20°C isotherm

    Equatorial 55 meter depth temperature anomalies

    Equatorial 106 meter depth temperature anomalies

    Equatorial 155 meter depth temperature anomalies

    Sea level anomalies

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    Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR)

    Pentad mean and anomalous OLR

    Time-longitude section of anomalous OLR

    850-hPa Zonal Wind

    Time-longitude Section (GDAS data)

    Time-longitude Section (Anomalous)

    Daily time series averaged over 160°E-100°W, 5°N-5°S (GDAS data)

    Daily time series for the standard index areas (see Figure T3, CDB) (GDAS data)

    Sea Surface Temperature (SST)

    Sea Surface Temperature (SST)

    Weekly SST Anomalies

    Time-longitude section of SST anomalies (5°N-5°S)

    Time series of weekly SST anomalies for the 4 Niño regions

    Time series of weeklySST and Climatology for the 4 Niño regions

    Subsurface Tropical Pacific Ocean Analyses

    Mean and anomalous equatorial temperatures

    Equatorial depth of the 20°C isotherm

    Anomalous equatorial depth of the 20°C isothermp

    Equatorial 55 meter depth temperature anomalies

    Equatorial 106 meter depth temperature anomalies

    Equatorial 155 meter depth temperature anomalies

    Sea level anomalies

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