The Oryx resource guide to El Niño and La Niña
By: by Joseph S. D'Aleo with Pamela G. Grube
Contributors: Grube, Pamela G.
Publisher: Oryx Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780313006777
Subjects: Environmental aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-226) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: El Niño and La Niña : children of the tropics -- -- 2.; title: What causes El Niño and La Niña -- -- 3.; title: The global effects of el Niño and La Niña -- -- 4.; title: El Niño and La Niña effects on climate in the United States : winter and spring -- -- 5.; title: ENSO and summer weather patterns -- -- 6.; title: Other effects of ENSO -- -- 7.; title: How scientists study El Niño -- -- 8.; title: Forecasting ENSO -- -- 9.; title: The super El Niños -- -- 10.; title: How governments use ENSO-based seasonal forecasts -- -- 11.; title: ENSO, tip of the iceberg in climate prediction -- -- 12.; title: Biographical sketches -- -- 13.; title: Directory of organizations.