Image #2 of sequence. SST anomalies in January were close to the highest observ ed during the most recent El Nino. There is little or no evidence of the equato rial cold tongue or of enhanced chlorophyll along the equator.

Image ID: fish2197, NOAA's Fisheries Collection
Credit: Courtesy of F. Chavez; Published in Science Magazine, Vol 286, 10 December 1999, p. 212.

Category: Fisheries/

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