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    What exactly is El Nino?

    Question #25275. Asked by Bennett. (Dec 17 02 4:22 PM)


    Tented

    		Tented says:

    El Nino refers to a massive warming off the coastal waters of Peru and Ecuador and the Southern Oscillation to the related atmospheric component of this phenomenon, often abbreviated as ENSO. The ocean warming covers a band from 10 degrees N to 10 degrees S and extends more than 90 degrees of longitude. Typically, the warming starts late in the boreal spring or summer and builds to a peak at the end of the year, with the event usually over by the following summer. It is a quasi-periodic phenomenon with global consequences in the form of flooding, droughts, and other phenomena.

    Tue Dec 17 10:47:36 CST 2002 (Delete Entry)
    (Reposted to fix characters - McG)

    Dec 29 02, 8:12 PM

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