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Pacific Pendulum Swings with Global Reach!
Impacts of El Niño and La Niña, 1997-2001

EOSDIS Data Sampler #3
Version 1.0
Pacific Pendulum Swings with Global Reach!
Impacts of the El Niño, 1997-98
and the "Long" La Niña, 1998-2001

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Instruments on NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites record El Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Cycle events. The EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS) mamages the data and makes the data products available through the Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) Alliance data centers.

This CD-ROM contains information about ENSO Cycle events (El Niño and La Niña) and their regional effects, information about EOS missions, satellites, and instruments, and sample EOSDIS data and documentation for the benefit of potential users of NASA's remotely sensed data.

Collecting coincident EOSDIS data from multiple sensors helps us understand the Earth as a whole, integrated system. Remotely sensed data are vital for monitoring and understanding ENSO Cycle events and impacts.

There are many different ways to navigate among the pages displayed by an HTML Web viewer:

• The top menu bar provides links to the ENSO Cycle and ENSO Effects pages for additional images and information, as well as links to pages with information about the missions and instruments, data, and data-viewing tools.

• The second menu bar on each page, if present, provides a handy "jump" capability to sections of that page.

• Tables and lists organize "Local Links" and "Web Links" allowing the user to "drill down" to more detailed information. "Local Links" access pages contained on this CD-ROM; "Web Links" require World Wide Web (WWW or Web) access, and usually connect to pages maintained by other organizations.

• Other "Local Links" are embedded in text for documentation and information:
  • A discussion of the ENSO events (El Niño and La Niña) and their regional effects on land, sea, and air.

  • Remotely sensed sample data for recent ENSO Cycle events and regional effects.

  • Information about Earth-observing missions, instruments, data, and viewing tools.

  • The Collage tool for viewing data and metadata.

  • Links to Web sites containing other digital-data-processing software, data, and information.

Full granules of the sample data on this CD-ROM and other EOSDIS data products are available from the data centers of the DAAC Alliance and through the EOS Data Gateway (EDG) online search-and-order service:

• Information and Web links on how to find and order Earth-observing instrument data for coincident observations are provided on this CD-ROM.

• For information about the data centers of the DAAC Alliance and their products and services, go to the Web site at http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov.

• To search and order EOSDIS data, go to the EDG Web Site at http://eos.nasa.gov/imswelcome.

The material contained on this CD-ROM will be maintained and updated on the Web site at http://eos.nasa.gov/outreach/. Select "Outreach Materials" from the menu bar and then "CD-ROMs" on the left.

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For information about NASA's Earth Science Program, access the following pages on this CD-ROM (Each page has links to additional information.):

• Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)

• Earth Observing System (EOS)

• EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS)

• DAAC Alliance