>NINO3.4 SST Anomalies Have Started Their La Niña Rebound

>Figure 1 shows weekly NINO3.4 SST anomalies from January 7, 2004 through February 9, 2011. The central equatorial Pacific SST anomalies have risen significantly in the last week.
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Figure 1

Figure 2 compares the SST anomalies for the transitions from El Niño to La Niña events, during the years of 1988/89, 1998/99, 2007/08, and 2010 through February 9, 2011. At first glance, it appears this rebound started early, but the rebound from the 1988/89 La Niña actually started rising from its minimum a few weeks earlier.
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Figure 2

And since we’re looking at weekly data, Figure 3 shows the Global SST anomalies from January 7, 2004 through February 9, 2011.
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Figure 3

SOURCE

The Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Temperature Data (OISST) are available through the NOAA National Operational Model Archive & Distribution System (NOMADS).
http://nomad1.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh
or
http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh

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