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Monthly Ocean Briefing

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Global
Tropical Pacific
North Pacific
Tropical Indian Ocean
Tropical Atlantic
North Atlantic
CFS SST prediction and GODAS errors

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Global

SST time series: last 13 months last 4 years 1982-present 1950-present
SAT time series: last 13 months last 4 years 1979-present
Upper 300m Heat Content: last 13 months last 4 years 1979-present
Altimetry SSH time series: last 4 years 1993-present

Last month SST anomaly and tendency

Last month equatorial temperature anomaly and tendency

Last month mixed layer depth and anomaly

Last month Altimetry SSH anomaly and tendency

Last month GODAS heat content anomaly and tendency

SSH anomaly of GODAS and Altimetry: last month tendency

GODAS Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential: last month tendency

Western Hemisphere Warm Pool Index

Eastern Hemisphere Warm Pool Index

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Tropical Pacific

NINO SST Indices: last 13 months last 4 years 1982-present 1950-present
SST anomaly and year-to-year changes
Equatorial SST, heat content, 850hPa zonal wind anomaly: last 13 months last 4 years 1982-present
Equatorial OLR and 200hPa velocity potential: last 13 months
Warm Water Volume and NINO3.4 Anomaly West and East WWV anomaly
Phase diagram for Warm Water Volume and NINO3.4 Anomaly
Oceanic Kelvin waves: Longitude-Time plot Longitude-Depth plot
SST, SST tendency, OLR, 200hPa and 925hPa wind, SW+LW, LH+SH anomaly
NINO 3.4 SST anomaly heat budgets for last 13 months
Equatorial temperature anomaly of TAO and GODAS: Last 3 months Last 6 pentads GODAS - TAO differences

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North Pacific

PDO SST index: last 4 years 1982-present 1950-present
SST anomaly and year-to-year changes
SST, SST tendency, OLR, 200hPa and 925hPa wind, SW+LW, LH+SH anomaly
Coastal upwelling for west coast of North America: 15 coastal sites Last 13 month Last 4 years

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Tropical Indian Ocean

IOD SST indices: last 13 months last 4 years 1982-present 1950-present
SST anomaly and year-to-year changes
SST, heat content, 850hPa zonal wind anomaly at equator: last 13 months last 4 years 1982-present
SST, heat content, 850hPa zonal wind anomaly at 10S: last 13 months last 4 years 1982-present
SST, SST tendency, OLR, 200hPa and 925hPa wind, SW+LW, LH+SH anomaly

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Tropical Atlantic

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North Atlantic

NAO index: last 13 months Last 4 years 1982-present 1950-present
SST anomaly and year-to-year changes
Basin average SST anomaly: Last 13 months Last 4 years 1982-present 1950-present
Basin average latent and sensible heat flux anomaly: Last 13 months Last 4 years
Basin average 850hPa and 200-850hPa wind anomaly: Last 13 months Last 4 years
SST, SST tendency, OLR, 200hPa and 925hPa wind, SW+LW, LH+SH anomaly

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CFS SST prediction and GODAS errors

CFS NINO3.4 SST forecast during the past 9 months
CFS DMI SST forecast during the past 9 months
CFS TNA SST forecast during the past 9 months
CFS PDO SST forecast during the past 17 months
5 meter temperature differences from OISST near equator
Vertical velocity at 50m and depth of 20C anomaly near equator
SSH anomaly differences from Altimetry near equator
Zonal current (at 15m) differences from OSCAR near equator
SSH differences from Altimetry: Pacific Indian Ocean Atlantic
Surface (15m) current differences from OSCAR: Pacific Indian Ocean Atlantic

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