The state of the ocean climate

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Surface ocean indices (value for week ending 26-OCT-2016)

 Pacific
current value
series std
current value key »
monthly tendency key »
 Niño1+2 far eastern equatorial SSTA  map »
0.12 °C
±1.23 °C
 Niño3 eastern equatorial SSTA  map »
-0.57 °C
±1.01 °C
 Niño3.4 central equatorial SSTA  map »
-0.85 °C
±0.99 °C
 Atlantic
   
 TNA north tropical SSTA  map »
0.53 °C
±0.42 °C
 TSA south tropical SSTA  map »
0.06 °C
±0.37 °C
 NAT north equatorial SSTA  map »
0.58 °C
±0.47 °C
 SAT south equatorial SSTA  map »
-0.12 °C
±0.39 °C
 TASI north-south equatorial SST gradient  map »
0.00 °C
±0.00 °C
 Indian
   
 WTIO western equatorial SSTA  map »
0.25 °C
±0.38 °C
 SETIO southeastern equatorial SSTA  map »
0.71 °C
±0.45 °C
 DMI west-east equatorial SST gradient  map »
-0.46 °C
±0.53 °C
 SWIO south western SSTA   map »
0.32 °C
±0.47 °C

see also the OOPC main page for an alternate presentation of the state of the tropical oceans.


Subsurface ocean index

 
updated
current value
std
latest 1‑yr
mean value
key »
latest 1‑yr
tendency
key »
 Bermuda-Labrador Basin Transport Index »
24-JUN-2009
0.0 Mtons/sec
±0.0 Mtons/sec
 indicative of the strength of the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current. The standard deviation, latest one-year mean value and tendency are calculated based on the raw series over the years 2000-2005.


Atmospheric teleconnection indices

 
updated
latest monthly value
series std
latest 3‑mo mean value key »
latest 3‑mo tendency key »
latest 1‑yr mean value key »
latest 1‑yr tendency key »
 AO  Arctic Oscillation
15-SEP-2016
0.78
±1
 NAO  North Atlantic Oscillation
15-SEP-2016
0.61
±1
 PNA  Pacific-North America Pattern
15-SEP-2016
0.18
±1
 PDO  Pacific Decadal Oscillation
15-SEP-2016
0.45
±1
 SAM  Southern Annular Mode
0.00
±1
 SOI  Southern Oscillation Index
15-SEP-2016
2.00
±1.57
 AMO  Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
15-SEP-2016
0.47
±0.21

Key to symbols

value of the index (over the period indicated to latest value)

 strongly positive (+1 std < x)
 weakly positive (+0.3 std < x < +1 std)
 neutral (-0.3 std < x < +0.3 std)
 weakly negative (-1 std < x < -0.3 std)
 strongly negative (x < -1 std)

x = value of the index over the period indicated to the latest value
std = series standard deviation over period of the climatology

tendency (rate of change over period indicated to latest value)

 strong positive tendency (+1 stdx < dx)
 weak positive tendency (+0.3 stdx < dx < +1 stdx)
 no change (-0.3 stdx < dx < +0.3 stdx)
 weak negative tendency (-1 stdx < dx < -0.3 stdx)
 strong negative tendency (dx < -1 stdx)

dx = slope of linear fit to values over the period of time indicated, ending at latest value of the index
stdx = standard deviation of dx over the period of the climatology

 

 

 

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