CLIMATE OF INDIA
EL NINO AND SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS
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Atlantic
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Indian
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Pacific
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Arctic
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Detailed explanation-1: -During an El Niño event, the surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become significantly warmer than usual. That change is intimately tied to the atmosphere and to the winds blowing over the vast Pacific.
Detailed explanation-2: -El Niño and La Niña are climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean that can affect weather worldwide. Warmer or colder than average ocean temperatures in one part of the world can influence weather around the globe. Watch this Ocean Today video to see how this works.
Detailed explanation-3: -El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, as opposed to La Niña, which is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.
Detailed explanation-4: -Do El Niño events occur only in the Pacific Ocean? The great width of the Pacific Ocean is the main reason we see El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events in that ocean as compared to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Most current theories of ENSO involve planetary scale equatorial waves.