The Trackers

The bad news: It could be the worst El Niño ever. The good news: Thanks to sophisticated scientific surveillance, we knew it was coming.

- Joint U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite
- Topex precision data
- The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array
- Pacific El Niño-Southern Oscillation Applications Center Pilot Project
- Gathering clues of past El Niños
- Obstacles
- Collaborative effort
- Crawling Critters
- uses of predictions
- types of models