PPT-El Nino and La Nina

Ocean4ENSO Lecture ObjectivesAgenda Objective L earn about El Nino and La Nina the two phases of the ENSO El Nino Southern Oscillation cycle Apply our understanding to your island ENSO cycle. El Nino conditions are characterized by above normal sea surface temperatures near the equator in the eastern and central portions of the equatorial Pacific Ocean While these conditions exist many thousands of miles away from Iowa impacts from El Ni Wednesday . 1/30. Weather vs. Climate. Weather. Instantaneous description of what the atmosphere is doing at a particular time and place. Climate. Description of what weather is usually like in a region (large or small).. Why is it so important to understand this climatic event?. How can . poplet. give you 4 levels of progress.. Changing Water currents?. What are the impacts of El Nino around the world?. "Most El . Ninos. malunion of the distal third of the radius and the nina will remodel providing the child is less than 14 years of age. Gross malunion of the midshaft of the radius and nina will spontaneously correct The following presentation was used to review for the test.. 9. -17-15. topics. . .. Density. Salinity. Ocean currents. Conveyor Belt. El . N. ino. What to study . . .. Notebook entries. Lab: Density. Nino Events. Chip Konrad. Director of the NOAA Southeast Regional Climate Center. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A. cknowledgement: Jordan McLeod, the new regional climatologist at SERCC. Overview. The Slab Ocean El Nino. How good are the CMIP models?. Non-linearity. Seasonality (spring barrier). CP vs. EP. Teleconnections delayed feedback. Climate Change. Overview. The Slab Ocean El Nino. Michelle L’Heureux (. NOAA CPC). ENSO Forecast team (A. . Barnston. , E. Becker, G. Bell, T. Di . Liberto. , J. Gottschalk, M. . Halpert. , Z. Hu, N. Johnson, W. Wang, Y. . Xue. ), M. . Tippett. Niño-3.4 Forecasts from the NMME. A. n abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific. A quasi-periodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years. . average period length is 5 years. Does having a La Nina. Impact . Severe Weather Frequencies?. What We Will Look At. Tornadoes frequency since 1950. Trends of Tornadoes since 1950. Mean Number of Tornadoes by Phases of ENSO. Tornado Frequency as a function of ENSO phase. Walker circulation. ) that typically finds rising air and heavy rain over the western Pacific and sinking air and generally dry weather over the eastern Pacific. When the trades are exceptionally strong, water along the equator in the eastern Pacific becomes quite cool. This cool event is called La Nino . Pages 484-487. EL NINO. . Go to this website and read this background information first:. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html. You may need to come back to this website to fill in any notes that you missed. U3D13 – Bell Ringer – 12/14. Short Answer Practice: Cloud Formation. Fill in the blanks of the explanation using the word bank:. Cloud, condenses, dew point, rise, humidity, expand, condensation nuclei, pressure. Radiation that is emitted by features on earth. Water. Clouds. Land surface. Infrared spectrum of energy. Connection to Stefan-Boltzmann. E = energy radiating in W m. -2 . (Typical units of OLR). = emissivity (if a blackbody = 1).