Definition of El nino southern oscillation

1. Noun. A more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns.

Generic synonyms: El Nino

Lexicographical Neighbors of El Nino Southern Oscillation

El-Aksur
El Aaium
El Aaiún
El Alamein
El Beda
El Caudillo
El Cid
El Dorado
El Giza
El Greco
El Iskandriyah
El Libertador
El Misti
El Muerto
El Nino
El Nino southern oscillation
El Niño
El Paso
El Qahira
El Salvador
El Salvadoran colon
El Salvadoran monetary unit
El Tel
El Tor vibrio
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnus augustifolia
Elaeagnus commutata
Elaeagnus latifolia
Elaeis guineensis
Elaeis oleifera

Literary usage of El nino southern oscillation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Review of Fire Projects in Indonesia, 1982-1998by Rona Dennis by Rona Dennis (1999)
"What is the El Nino-Southern Oscillation? 2 Box 2. The contribution of burning coal seams 6 Box 3. Economic value of timber losses in 1982-83 g Box 4. ..."

2. World Ocean Atlas, 1994: 1994 Interannual Variability of Upper Ocean Thermal by Sydney Levitus, Timothy P. Boyer, John Antonov (1994)
"... annual anomaly fields into El Nino and La Nina averages based on the magnitude of the el nino southern oscillation (ENSO) index (Quinn et al., 1992). ..."

3. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"3 El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events are global- scale climatic anomalies that recur at intervals of 2 to 10 years and at ..."

4. Proceedings of the U. S. Geological Survey Global Change Research Forum edited by John A. Kelmelis, Mitchell Snow (1994)
"Paleoclimate Reconstructions From Alaskan Ice Records: Teleconnections Between Pacific-North American (PNA), Reverse PNA, and El Nino-Southern Oscillation ..."

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