El Nino and climate more predictable than previously thought
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Research findings have indicated that it is possible to predict climatic changes with reasonable accuracy. Previous assumptions have forwarded the theory on the butterfly effect to explain daily atmospheric fluctuations. However, according to researchers at the George Mason University Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Studies, atmospheric circulation and precipitation show relative constancy throughout a season. In the Tropics, for instance, the atmosphere is directly influenced by conditions on the earth's surface which exhibit seasonal averages.
Publication Name: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0003-0007
Year: 1998
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El Nino still going strong
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The 1997-98 El Nino has severely affected the weather patterns in the US and elsewhere resulting in increased rainfall in the Southeastern region and warmer than normal temperatures in the Pacific region. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has projected that the likelihood of a La Nina occurring this year is low. In response, several federal and state agencies have forged partnerships in managing the effects of El Nino.
Publication Name: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0003-0007
Year: 1998
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Scientists find El Nino-like climate fluctuations became more common 5000 years ago
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Researchers examining a core sample of layers of sediment deposited during strong storms in Lake Pallacacocha in southwestern Ecuador have discovered that it is strongly related to El Nino-like climate fluctuations. The sediment record suggests that strong El Nino-like storms happened every 15 years, 15000 years ago and that the frequency of El Nino-like storms increased to approximately two to 8 1/2 years over the past 5000 years.
Publication Name: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0003-0007
Year: 1999
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