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Table of Atmospheric Indices

MARCH 2012

  SLP ANOMALIES TAHITI  850-hPa ZONAL WIND INDEX 200-hPa WIND INDEX OLR Index
MONTH   minus 5N-5S 5N-5S 5N-5S 5N-5S 5N-5S
  TAHITI DARWIN DARWIN SOI 135E-180 175W-140W 135W-120W 165W-110W 160E-160W
MAR 12 -0.8 -2.0 0.7 1.2 0.9 -0.1 1.8 0.8
FEB 12 1.2 0.4 0.5 1.7 0.4 -2.9 0.7 1.9
JAN 12 1.4 -0.7 1.1 1.0 0.9 -1.1 2.3 1.8
DEC 11 2.2 -2.4 2.5 2.3 1.3 -0.4 2.4 1.7
NOV 11 1.7 -0.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.2 0.4 1.0
OCT 11 0.9 -0.5 0.8 0.9 0.1 -0.8 -0.2 1.1
SEP 11 2.3 0.4 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.3
AUG 11 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.4 0.4 0.3
JUL 11 1.6 -0.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 -1.0 1.4 0.2
JUN 11 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.6 -0.5 1.2 -0.1
MAY 11 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 -1.1 1.7 0.2
APR 11 2.5 -1.0 1.9 1.5 0.7 -0.9 1.9 1.1
MAR 11 2.6 -2.0 2.5 1.6 1.0 -0.1 2.0 1.7

TABLE 1.  Atmospheric index values for the most recent 12 months. Indices are standardized by the mean annual standard deviation, except for the Tahiti and Darwin SLP anomalies which are in units of hPa. Positive (negative) values of 200-hPa zonal wind index imply westerly (easterly) anomalies. Positive (negative) values of 850-hPa zonal wind indices imply easterly (westerly) anomalies. Anomalies are departures from the 1981-2010 base period means.


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