How much skill was there in forecasting the very strong 1997-98 
El Nino? 
Christopher W. Landsea
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, 
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

John A. Knaff
NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Research in 
the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological 
Society, in press.
7 March, 2000