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ENSO
El Niño Southern Oscillation
Pages 484-487
Slide2EL 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
Slide3El Nino
current in S. hemisphere
Ocean currents reverses
Warm water pools near S.America
Cool water pools near Australia
Slide4Slide5Slide6Global Effects of El Nino
S. America- more rain; warmer
Floods/mudslides
Australia- dry; cooler
Less typhoons
Slide7El Nino’s effect on the United States
Warmer
winters/ drier in N states
Wet/colder
winters in S states
Slide8Slide9Chris Farley is El Nino
Slide10“LA NINA”
Cool phase of ENSO (neg. phase)
Trade winds intensify
Slide11La Nina
Slide12Slide13South America- drier/colder
Australia- wetter/warmer
N. US- Colder than normal winters
Increased snowfall
S
. US- warmer/drierLa Nina’s effects
Slide14El Nino or La Nina?
Slide152014-2015
winter
forecast
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/
Slide16Helpful Websites
El Nino-
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html
La Nina-
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/la-nina-story.html