El Nino exerts powerful control ... Bjerknes (1969) called this zonal flow the Walker circulation after Sir Gilbert Walker. From the atmosphere's view then, the easterly winds are a consequence ...

During these anomalous years, just a few powerful atmospheric rivers could transform an expected dry La Niña year into a wet one (1967, 2011, 2017 and 2023), or their absence could turn a ...

The temperature of that patch of the tropical Pacific Ocean is closely monitored because it has far-reaching effects on atmospheric circulation and global climate. El Niño or La Niña shows up ...

One of the big contributors to the record-breaking global temperatures over the past year – El ... the atmosphere in ways that ripple across the planet. The tropics have an atmospheric ...

Ocean circulation also serves as the mediator between large-scale ... which has previously been shown to be crucial for El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dynamics, is improved by including the ...

Some of the climate system’s responses to global warming are rather surprising: Contrary to scientists’ expectations, the Pacific Walker circulation – a large-scale circulation in the tropical ...

and circulation, natural climate variability including El Niño, human-caused climate change, global warming, ocean acidification, atmospheric storms, oceanic eddies. Students will acquire the tools to ...

El Nino is a climate driver which heavily influences ... That causes a shift in atmospheric circulation, altering wind patterns that influence the kind of weather Australia gets.

The forecast team at the Climate Prediction Center believes that ENSO-neutral is favored to develop in April and persist ...

As this weak La Niña comes to an end in the coming weeks, New England could expect more seasonable temperatures and increased ...