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El Ni?o, climate prediction, and the US Southwest Alexandre S. Gagnon, PhD Department of Agronomy and Horticulture New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico January 18, 2004 Outline Background information on El Ni?o, La Ni?a, and the Southern Oscillation The very strong 1997/1998 El Ni?o: A case study Worldwide impacts of El Ni?o Climatic impacts of El Ni?o on the United States and New Mexico Climate prediction The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and its role in modulating the El Ni?o signal Climate forecasts for the US Southwest How much confidence can we place in the predicti