El Niño and La Niña are phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation climate cycle. El Niño occurs irregularly every 2-7 years, lasting 9 months to 2 years, bringing warmer than average eastern Pacific Ocean temperatures and changing global weather patterns. La Niña is the opposite phase, with cooler eastern Pacific waters strengthened trade winds, and different weather impacts than El Niño. Both phenomena have significant effects on precipitation and temperatures around the world.
El Niño and La Niña are phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation climate cycle. El Niño occurs irregularly every 2-7 years, lasting 9 months to 2 years, bringing warmer than average eastern Pacific Ocean temperatures and changing global weather patterns. La Niña is the opposite phase, with cooler eastern Pacific waters strengthened trade winds, and different weather impacts than El Niño. Both phenomena have significant effects on precipitation and temperatures around the world.
El Niño and La Niña are phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation climate cycle. El Niño occurs irregularly every 2-7 years, lasting 9 months to 2 years, bringing warmer than average eastern Pacific Ocean temperatures and changing global weather patterns. La Niña is the opposite phase, with cooler eastern Pacific waters strengthened trade winds, and different weather impacts than El Niño. Both phenomena have significant effects on precipitation and temperatures around the world.
naturally occurring climate cycle known as El Nio/Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Both terms refer to large scale changes in
the sea surface across the eastern tropical Pacific. El Nio El Nio phenomenon occurs at irregular intervals of two to seven years and lasts for nine months or two years at the most.
It starts at the end of the Christmas season that
is why it is termed as El Nio which refers to Christ the child or Little boy During normal years, the warm water that builds up in the pacific ocean is being pushed by strong easterly wind or the trade winds into the west pacific area. As a result, rain forms in the western pacific region. El Nio
When the trade winds are weaken, they are unable
to push the warm water westwards. This allows the rain area to migrate eastwards, causing enhanced rainfall in the Eastern Pacific Region and reduced rainfall in Western Pacific. This causes the piling up of warm surface water and making the part of the Pacific ocean warmer leading to the El Nio phenomenon. El Nio
El Nio is the abnormal and lengthy
warming in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Effects Some may experience near to above average rainfall and some areas may experience drier than normal rainfall. Severe drought Stronger thunder storm More massive storms Decrease in the population of species. La Nia It is the opposite of the climatic disturbance El Nio. It may, but does not always, follow El Nio It may last for nine to twelve months but in some cases, it lasts for two years. La Nia is also a Spanish word meaning La Nia is opposite to El Nio
In El Nio, there is a warming in
the Eastern Pacific Ocean, in La Nia, there will be a cooling. La Nia Trade winds that move from east to west are strengthened. Upwelling of colder water intensifies. Moving air brings along too much water vapor. When it reaches the land mass such as Philippines, precipitation is Effects of La Nia More precipitation that results to catastrophic floods. Drier climate in the Eastern Pacific Region. Those that experienced severe drought because of El Nio may encounter above normal rainfall. El Nio La Nia Warm ocean temperatures in Cold ocean temperatures in the Eastern Pacific the Eastern Pacific Causes drier weather in the Causes wetter weather in the Western Pacific and wetter, Western Pacific and drier humid weather in Eastern weather in Eastern Pacific. Pacific. Christ the Child/Little Boy Little Girl Trade winds are weakened Trade winds are strengthened Increased pressure on the Decreased pressure on the western Pacific western Pacific Low fishing season High fishing season in Peru