ENVS 224 Study Guide - Final Guide: Weather Front, 2Degrees, Eugenius Warming

• School: LUC
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENVS 224
• Professor: Richard DiMaio

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Chapter 4 hw instructor rick di maio. Answer these questions with a brief response total time 90 minutes: describe the conditions in the pacific ocean region during an el ni o event. Grab one image from this link and post in this document. http://www. cpc. ncep. noaa. gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensocycle/enso_cycle. shtml. During an el ni o event the sea surface temperatures across the eastern tropical pacific is exceptionally warm. Ocean temperatures can aver 2 degrees centigrade to 3. 5 degrees centigrade about normal. Describe the wind flow around this system and how the wind rotation around the pressure center moves various air masses northward and southward. How do these weather systems help to keep earth"s climate stable? http://www. wpc. ncep. noaa. gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd. php grab one map from this link and post in this document. The wind flows around the system are pushing the system out into the pacific. Ocean via the cold winds coming from the north.