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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/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE > SST

CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) > MULTIVARIATE ENSO INDEX

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Ancillary Keywords

MEI

Multivariate ENSO Index

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NOAA/NWS/CPC

Data Center

Physical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/
Dataset ID: MEI Index

Data Center Personnel
Name: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES Email: esrl.psd.data at noaa.gov

Distribution

Distribution Media: online www

Distribution Format: ascii

Fees: none

Personnel

KLAUS WOLTER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: Klaus.Wolter at noaa.gov

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Wolter, K., and M.S. Timlin, 1998: Measuring the strength of ENSO -
how does 1997/98 rank? Weather, 53, 315-324

Rasmusson, E.G., and T.H. Carpenter, 1982: Variations in tropical sea
surface temperature and surface wind fields associated with the
Southern Oscillation/El NiC1o. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 354-384.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-12-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-11-02

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