When El Nino occurs the trade winds tend to weaken. Also water from the western Pacific moves to the Eastern Pacific.
When increased pressure causes trade wind to lessen, El Nino is formed. El Nino is caused by high air pressure in the South Pacific that causes trade winds to die out. This causes the waters to warm up, which causes more rain in Latin America.
El Niño develops due to a weakening of the trade winds in the Pacific Ocean, which leads to a warming of surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. This change in ocean temperatures can have widespread impacts on climate patterns around the world.
El Nino reduces upwelling. Normal sea surface temperatures in Pacific tend to be warmer in the west because of upwelling, where warm water flows west because of trade winds and colder water rises up to replace the warm water in the Eastern Pacific. During El Nino, the trade winds get all screwed up and warm water is spread out more evenly in the Pacific. So there is less upwelling and the Eastern Pacific sees warmer sea water.
During El Niño, sea surface temperatures along the South American coast are warmer than usual, and the Pacific trade winds weaken or even reverse their typical direction. This deviation from normal conditions is a key indicator of an El Niño event.
The pressure gradient decreases. drought conditions in Australia
la Nina
When increased pressure causes trade wind to lessen, El Nino is formed. El Nino is caused by high air pressure in the South Pacific that causes trade winds to die out. This causes the waters to warm up, which causes more rain in Latin America.
When increased pressure causes trade wind to lessen, El Nino is formed. El Nino is caused by high air pressure in the South Pacific that causes trade winds to die out. This causes the waters to warm up, which causes more rain in Latin America.
El Niño develops due to a weakening of the trade winds in the Pacific Ocean, which leads to a warming of surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. This change in ocean temperatures can have widespread impacts on climate patterns around the world.
El Nino reduces upwelling. Normal sea surface temperatures in Pacific tend to be warmer in the west because of upwelling, where warm water flows west because of trade winds and colder water rises up to replace the warm water in the Eastern Pacific. During El Nino, the trade winds get all screwed up and warm water is spread out more evenly in the Pacific. So there is less upwelling and the Eastern Pacific sees warmer sea water.
Weaker winds means the ocean gets warmer and this process happens interchangeably and consecutively thus making the El Niño bigger and bigger. In other words, El Niño is caused by the weakening of the trade winds which results in pushing of warm surface water to the west and less cold water to the east.
During El Niño, sea surface temperatures along the South American coast are warmer than usual, and the Pacific trade winds weaken or even reverse their typical direction. This deviation from normal conditions is a key indicator of an El Niño event.
warm water flows from western pacific toward south America
The pressure gradient decreases. drought conditions in Australia
El Niño is a climate phenomenon characterized by the weakening or reversal of trade winds that blow east to west across the Pacific Ocean. This weakening of the trade winds disrupts the typical pattern of oceanic and atmospheric circulation, leading to the warming of surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. This can result in changes in weather patterns worldwide, including increased rainfall in some regions and drought in others.
El Nino is bad
"Trade winds diminish in the Central and Western Pacific. The thermocline is depressed in the east and elevated in the west. Sea surface temperatures stay high when usually, the temperature drops in the Eastern Pacific. (The thermocline is a drop in sea temperature.)" NOAA Research; El Nino Activity Key