IOD in NEWS A third-in-a-row positive IOD event has evolved in 2008 following two consecutive IOD events of 2006 and 2007.  Read More............ Signal failure (The Weekly Times, Australia)  The World's First Successful Prediction of the Indian Ocean Dipole Mode Event (IOD) (Press Release) A POSITIVE INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE IS PREDICTED TO DEVELOP IN LATE SUMMER OF 2007. IN THE PACIFIC, A La Nina CONDITION IS FORECAST. THIS IS A RARE COMBINATION. GOOD INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON AND HOT SUMMER IN THE EAST ASIA MIGHT BE EXPECTED.   News Link El Nino Phenomenon Found Also in Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Dipole Phenomenon's Impact on Correlation between Indian Monsoon and El Niño/Southern Oscillation Monsoon sets in over Kerala (rediff.com) Satellite tracks Hazardous Smoke Rift Valley Fever IOD in UN Ocean Atlas