Rainfall levels. Satellite image showing precipitation levels over the Central America on 8th November 2004. Amount of precipitation,measured in millimetres,is colour-coded from green (lowest) through yellow,orange and red to purple (highest). Rain across the middle of the Pacific Ocean,as seen here,is typical of an El nino year. El Nino is a warming of surface waters in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. It may persist for a year or more,and causes drier conditions in Australia and South-East Asia,and wetter and warmer conditions in the Americas,with often dire effects for agriculture. Data from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission | |
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