MAST382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Curve Fitting, North Atlantic Oscillation, Sensitivity Analysis
30 Sep 2016
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Ocean surface water salinity and temp are controlled by. Transfer of heat and water between atmosphere and oceans. Climate varies year to year and in multiyear oscillations that are related to ocean- atmosphere interactions. Multiyear oscillations have been identified in areas including. Tropical pacific ocean (el ni o or the el ni o southern oscillation . North pacific ocean (pacific decadal oscillation pdo) North atlantic ocean (north atlantic oscillation nao) Spanish for the male child first observed about christmas time in coastal. In normal conditions near peru, cold upwelled water contains high concentrations of nutrients that are essential to phytoplankton growth, support high primary productivity rates, and massive schools of anchovy. When el nino appears, surface waters warm, upwelling stops, anchovy and other marine populations crash; also peru which usually is arid, receives much greater rainfall. Now known to be apart of much wider phenomenon called enso (el nino.
