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Monthly Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI)

Entry ID: NOAA_NWS_CPC_MEI

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Summary

Abstract: [Text Source: Klaus Wolter, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd//people/klaus.wolter/MEI/
Refer to: Wolter and Timlin, 1993, 1998, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd//people/klaus.wolter/MEI/#ref_wt1 ]

El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most important coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon to cause global climate variability on interannual time scales. Here we attempt to monitor ENSO by basing the ...

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Description: Access to monthly MEI index data since 1950

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 5.0

S: -5.0

E: -120.0

W: -170.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD

Dataset Title: Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI)

Dataset Series Name: NOAA Indices and Forecasts

Dataset Release Date: ongoing

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO, USA

Dataset Publisher: NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD

Online Resource: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd//people/klaus.wolter/MEI/

Service Keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >CATALOGING

EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT >BACKGROUND INFORMATION

REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES >IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES >ARTHROPODS >HEXAPODS >INSECTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Ancillary Keywords

Alien Species

Invasive Species

Service Provider

USDA/ARS > Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture

Service Organization URL: http://www.ars.usda.gov

Service Provider Personnel
Name: MICHAEL E. SCHAUFF Phone: 301-504-5183 Email: mschauff at sel.barc.usda.gov Contact Address: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS Building 005, Room 137, BARC-West 10300 Baltimore Avenue United States City: Beltsville Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20705-2350 Country: USA