El Nino Data

Abstract

The data set contains oceanographic and surface meteorological readings taken from a series of buoys positioned throughout the equatorial Pacific. The data is expected to aid in the understanding and prediction of El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycles.

Information files:

• description of the data

Data files:

• tao-all2.dat.gz contains the data for 7 March 80 to 3 May 98. (2.8M; 10M uncompressed)
• tao-all2.missing.gz indicates which values in tao-all2.dat are missing. (60K; 12.6M uncompressed)
• tao-all2.col contains the variable names for large subset.
• elnino.gz contains the data for 23 May 98 to 5 June 98. (10K)
• elnino.col contains the variable names for small subset.