The cooling phase of the same tropical Pacific sea surface temperature cycle El Nino names the warming phase of. La Nina events cause short term global surface cooling and, like El Nino, disrupt normal weather patterns, typically in roughly the opposite direction. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Magnitude or ScaleRecurs irregularly, often but not always following an El Nino episode 1 Connections
Associated With
La Nina conditions are strongly associated with drought in many regions, including the southwestern United States and eastern Africa.
Caused By
Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (El Nino Southern Oscillation); earth5 pass cause judgment: Thermohaline Circulation.
Source El Nino Southern Oscillation (Wikipedia)
In Discipline
Source El Nino Southern Oscillation (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. El Nino Southern Oscillation (Wikipedia)
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