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Description: Includes definition of el niño, with pictures of how the ocean is different when an el niño event occurs.
El Niño: online meteorology guide Periodically, the flourishing fish populations commonly found off the west coast of Peru South America are replaced by the sight of dead fish littering the water and beaches. Unusual weather conditions occur around the globe as jet streams, storm tracks and monsoons are shifted. Such disarray is caused by a warm current of water that appears every three to seven years in the eastern Pacific Ocean called El Niño. This module introduces El Niño, conditions are responsible for its occurrence, plus the impact it has on the rest of the world. The El Niño instructional module has been organized into the following sections:
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Page title:El Niño: online meteorology guide
Keywords:El Nino, La Nina, upwelling, thermocline, climate, Peru, economic impacts of El Nino, warm current, ENSO, El Nino Southern Oscillation
Description:(WW2010) - Introduces El Nino, the conditions during which it occurs, plus its economic and atmospheric impacts worldwide.
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