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ENSO. El Niño Southern Oscillation 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. El Nino current in S. hemisphere.

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  1. ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation Pages 484-487

  2. 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

  3. El Nino current in S. hemisphere • Ocean currents reverses • Warm water pools near S.America • Cool water pools near Australia

  4. Global Effects of El Nino • S. America- more rain; warmer • Floods/mudslides • Australia- dry; cooler • Less typhoons

  5. El Nino’s effect on the United States • Warmer winters/ drier in N states • Wet/colder winters in S states

  6. Chris Farley is El Nino 

  7. “LA NINA” • Cool phase of ENSO (neg. phase) • Trade winds intensify

  8. La Nina

  9. La Nina’s effects • South America- drier/colder • Australia- wetter/warmer • N. US- Colder than normal winters • Increased snowfall S. US- warmer/drier

  10. El Nino or La Nina?

  11. 2014-2015 winter forecast http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/

  12. Helpful 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

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