Update 080726! Latest Dipole Mode Index!

Alert! DMI Increased Intensively after a drop!
Will it repeat the 2006 situation?


Dipole Mode Index (DMI) from OOPC, access on Jul 26, 2008(http://ioc3.unesco.org/oopc/state_of_the_ocean/sur/ind/dmi.php)

The reduction of DMI since June had given a release to the communities who was concern about this phenomena in Indian Ocean. However, the sharp increase since July is a worrying situation. Will it cause the repeating of the natural disasters around Indian Ocean region like in 2006?

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