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Alternate Text: Oranges colors along the west coast indicating below average sea surface heights while the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast are in blue highlighting higher sea levels during the 1997-98 El Nino
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Oranges colors along the west coast indicating below average sea surface heights while the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast are in blue highlighting higher sea levels during the 1997-98 El Nino

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Sea surface height anomalies during the peak phase (December 1997-February 1998) of the 1997-98 El Niño. The sea surface height (in centimeters) is estimated from TOPEX-POSEIDON altimeter data. Image is from Ben Kirtman and was modified by climate.gov.