The Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) Library at Florida State University (discussed in the October 1, 1997 issue of the Scout Report for Science & Engineering) has created this bibliography on El Nino and its effects. Users can browse publications from COAPS or outside sources via author's last name. A number of COAPS publications are available online.

About El Nino is a collection of journal articles and books that have been written about El Nino/Southern Oscillation and compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), El Nino is "a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe." It is caused by...