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El Nino produces wind shear over the tropical Atlantic in the region where storms off NW Africa try to mature into hurricanes

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Why are el nino waters less dense than those of the surrounding ocean?

El Nino waters are less dense because the waters are warmer and warm water is less dense than cool water. Also, it constantly rains over the ocean during the El Nino, and rain water is less dense than ocean water.


El Nino refers to a warm ocean current that flows along the coast of?

El Nino refers to a climate pattern that involves the abnormal warming of ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. This can lead to changes in global weather patterns, including increased rainfall in some regions and droughts in others.


How does the El Nino and Affect the weather pattern affect the fishing industry of Peru?

La Niña is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface ocean waters along the tropical west coast of South America. La Nina is considered to be the counterpart to El Nino, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean.


What natural event slows or reverses surface ocean currents of the pacific ocean?

El Nino (~over the n)


How can el nino be prevented?

The El Nino can not be prevented. The El Nino bounces from South America across the Pacific Ocean and then across the Indian ocean to Africa and then bounces back to South America. Another name for it is "The southern ocean oscillation."


Why does el nino only occur in the pacific ocean?

It doesn't. El Nino has impacts all around the world. The ultimate trigger, though relates to the reversal of a wind current over the equatorial Pacific, which produces the characteristic warming of the surface waters. A few other patterns similar to El Nino have been identified, but these are separate events.


Where did el nino start?

In the Pacific Ocean


What occurs over the pacific that affects world wide weather?

El nino is a climatic event that begins in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean. This oceanic anomaly can effect temperature and weather worldwide.


What is the name of a cold ocean current?

el nino


El Nino facts?

effect on the atlantic ocean


What city do el nino occur in?

El Nino is a coupled ocean-atmosphere oscillation. It has effects on most cities in the world.


Is el nino a hurricane?

No, it is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. El Nino refers to the unusual warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean waters, while the Southern Oscillation (which is part of El Nino's full name) refers to the weakening of trade winds and shifting of low pressure in the Pacific. El Nino can be difficult to conceptualize because you can't easily see it as you would see a hurricane (from space) or tornado (from the ground). It is best seen on infrared satellite sensors, and even then many people would not know what they're looking at. Its consequences, however, can be much more impressive and tangible.