CaseStudy 2.1 Data Sheets

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This document contains sea surface temperature and wind data from 1992-2000 sourced from TAO/TRITON on pages 1-3 and 5. It also contains precipitation data from 1991-2000 sourced from NCEP/DOE Reanalysis-2 on pages 1-5 and 7. Finally, it contains Pacific sea level pressure anomaly data from 1991-2000 sourced from NCEP/DOE Reanalysis-2 on pages 1-6.

Precipitation Data
(data source: NCEP/DOE Reanalysis-2)
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Pressure Anomaly Data
(data source: NCEP/DOE Reanalysis-2)
13

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Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anomalies (in mb)
1991-92
1992-93
Page 1

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Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anomalies (in mb)
1993-94
1994-95
Page 2

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Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anomalies (in mb)
1995-96
1996-97
Page 3

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1991-92
1998-99
Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anomalies (in mb) Page 4

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Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anomalies (in mb)
1999-2000
Page 5

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Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anomalies (in mb) Page 6

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