1998 Year of the Ocean 



Impacts of Global Climate Change 



NINO 3 SST Anomaly 

 (5°S-5°N, 150°W-90°W) 



1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 



1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1 986 1 988 1 990 1992 1994 1996 1998 



Figure 4. Monthly sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (departure from climatological 

 normal) in °C. The climatological normal period was 1950-70. 



G-12 



