southern oscillation

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The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Niño and cooling of La Niña.

southern oscillation

The cyclic variation of atmospheric pressure at sea level between the eastern and western regions of the southern Pacific Ocean as a result of the periodic cooling and warming of surface water known as La Niña and El Niño. It has an average period of 2.33 years.

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El Nino El Nino southern oscillation La Nina			But like the El Ni[+ or -]o cycle, which climatologists call the El Ni[+ or -]o Southern Oscillation, the PDO cycle can have a significant effect on Northwest weather, turning it milder and drier during positive phases and cooler and wetter in negative phases. Brush with cold spell doesn't reach epic scale by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The general increasing sea surface temperatures and levels when combined with the increasing strength and severity of such shorter-term climate effects as the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have led to unusually high tides and more powerful storms, the duration and strength of which have increased by about 50% over the last three decades. Rising tides! Canada, Kyoto and the Pacific Islands by Walker, David / Tok Blong Pasifik For its El Nino and the Southern Oscillation program, COLA uses state-of-the-art coupled circulation models in an effort to determine the predictability of the climate phenomena known as El Nino and La Nina. Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies by Dooley, Erin E. / Environmental Health Perspectives			southern beech southern beech fern Southern blot analysis southern blue flag southern bog lemming Southern British English southern buckthorn Southern Bug southern cabbage butterfly Southern crab apple Southern Cross Southern Crown southern cypress Southern dewberry Southern Fish southern flounder southern flying squirrel southern harebell Southern Hemisphere Southern Ireland southern lights southern live oak southern magnolia southern maidenhair Southern Ocean southern oscillation Southern Paiute southern porgy Southern prickly ash southern red cedar southern red oak Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesian southern scup Southern Sotho southern spadefoot southern spatterdock Southern Sporades Southern States Southern Tai Southern Triangle Southern Uplands southern white cedar southern yellow pine Southern Yemen southerner Southernism Southernliness southernly southernmost southernness			Southern Oregon Kennel Club Southern Oregon Kite Festival Southern Oregon Learning In Retirement Southern Oregon Library Information System Southern Oregon Math League Southern Oregon Men's Outreach Southern Oregon Methamphetamine Project Southern Oregon Mountain Bike Association Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service Southern Oregon Photographic Association Southern Oregon Public Television Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc. Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics Southern Oregon Rental Owners Association Southern Oregon State College Southern Oregon Subaru Volvo Mitsubishi Southern Oregon Timber Industries Association Southern Oregon University Southern Oregon University Ashland Southern Oregon Visitors Association Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Southern Organization for Human Service Education Southern Orthopaedic Association Southern Oryx Southern Oryx Southern Oryx southern oscillation Southern Oscillation Index Southern Oscillation Index Southern Otway Landcare Network Southern Outreach Leadership School Southern Oxfordshire Enterprise Hub Southern Oxidants Study Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Communications Company Southern Pacific Company Southern Pacific Company Southern Pacific Funding Corporation Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation Southern Pacific Masters Association Southern Pacific Mortgage Limited Southern Pacific Mortgage Ltd. Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Society Southern Pacific Petroleum Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications Southern Pacific Railroad International Southern Pacific Santa Fe Southern Pacific Transportation Company Southern Paintball Championship Series Southern Paintball Players League

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