What are El Nino and La Nina? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
El Niño and La Niña are two opposing climate patterns that break these normal conditions. Scientists call these phenomena the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. El Niño and …
What are El Niño and La Niña, and how do they change the weather? - BBC
2024年4月16日 · El Niño is part of the natural climate phenomenon called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). It has two opposite states: El Niño and La Niña, both of which significantly …
El Niño and La Niña - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2025年2月25日 · What is El Niño? What is La Niña? An El Niño condition occurs when surface water in the equatorial Pacific becomes warmer than average and east winds blow weaker …
El Niño & La Niña (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) - NOAA …
2025年3月13日 · El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or “ENSO” for short. The …
El Niño and La Niña: Frequently asked questions
2016年1月18日 · El Niño (the warm phase) and La Niña (the cool phase) lead to significant differences from the average ocean temperatures, winds, surface pressure, and rainfall across …
El Niño–Southern Oscillation - Wikipedia
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those …
January 2025 update: La Niña is here - NOAA Climate.gov
2025年1月9日 · La Niña’s signature is cooler-than-average surface water in the east-central Equatorial Pacific, while its counterpart, El Niño, features warmer-than-average surface water.
El Niño / La Niña - World Meteorological Organization
2025年3月6日 · Though ENSO is a single climate phenomenon, it has three phases - El Niño, La Niña and Neutral. El Niño, meaning “boy child” in Spanish, was first used some centuries ago …
El Niño and La Niña Explained | Ocean Today - National Oceanic …
In Spanish, El Niño means The Little Boy, or Christ Child, and La Niña means The Little Girl. While their frequency can be quite irregular, El Niño and La Niña events occur on average …
Understanding El Niño - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2016年2月2日 · El Niño is a naturally occurring climate pattern associated with warming of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which can …