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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Climate and global change issues
b. Tropospheric/stratospheric temperatures
2) Stratosphere
c. Trace gases
2) Carbon dioxide
d. Northern Hemisphere snow cover
3. Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
a. Very strong 1997-98 Pacific warm episode (El Niņo)
2) Evolution of the 1997 El Niņo
3) Equatorial Walker Circulation
4) South Pacific jet stream during July-September 1997
b. The tropical Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO)
4. Regional climate highlights
2) The 1997 North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific hurricane season
b. Africa
1) October-December 1997: Equatorial East Africa rainy season
2) October 1996-April 1997: Southern Africa rainy season
3) June-September 1997: Western Africa rainy season
c. Asia
1) Indian summer monsoon
2) Southeastern Asia
d. Europe: Cold winter, wet summer
e. South America
1) Brazil Winter and Spring Highlights
2) Winter Precipitation in central Chile
3) Northwestern Peru warmth
f. Indonesia/New Guinea
g. Australia
5. Seasonal summaries
Appendix: Contributors
Acknowledgment
References