Climate Monitoring
This section provides an overview of major modes of climate variability that influence regional and global climate. Each page introduces the underlying physical mechanisms, recent observations, and their impacts.
🌍 Today’s Weather Maps
Explore near real-time global analyses and forecasts, including sea surface temperature anomalies, air temperature, precipitation, winds, and atmospheric circulation.
Available products
- Sea surface temperature anomalies
- Surface air temperature
- Precipitation
- 500 hPa geopotential height
- Wind fields
🌊 Atlantic Niño
The dominant mode of interannual variability in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, influencing rainfall over West Africa and South America.
Topics
- SST anomalies
- Atlantic Zonal Mode
- Teleconnections
🌧 West African Monsoon
A complex coupled ocean–atmosphere system controlling rainfall across the Sahel and Guinea Coast.
Topics
- Seasonal rainfall
- Monsoon dynamics
- Climate variability
🌎 El Niño–Southern Oscillation
The leading mode of tropical Pacific climate variability with worldwide impacts on weather and climate.
Topics
- ENSO
- Teleconnections
- Seasonal prediction