El Nino - What is it?

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[raymondtrendle]

This has to be the best animation yet - unfortunately I didn't find it until AFTER the test.

[XZYAOfficial]

I’m so sleepy. I couldn’t understand a single thing.

[gauravoo]

"Winds go from east to west", the only thing i understood 😅

[camilabeatrizcentenosebast]

El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of what is known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. The ENSO cycle is a scientific term that describes the fluctuations in temperature between the ocean and atmosphere in the east-central Equatorial Pacific (approximately between the International Date Line and 120 degrees West).

La Niña is sometimes referred to as the cold phase of ENSO and El Niño as the warm phase of ENSO. These deviations from normal surface temperatures can have large-scale impacts not only on ocean processes, but also on global weather and climate.

El Niño and La Niña episodes typically last nine to 12 months, but some prolonged events may last for years. While their frequency can be quite irregular, El Niño and La Niña events occur on average every two to seven years. Typically, El Niño occurs more frequently than La Niña.

[emilycannon]

Reading about the ENSO cycle in the textbook and having the professor explain how this works still left me confused. I am a very visual learner, and this helped me so much! Thank you!

[LabyrinthDeluxe]

This is the clearest explanation for this I’ve ever found

[KuronamaSawakoKimi]

This makes no sense whatsoever and this doesn’t help me at all with my homework

[Atom]

Hey! My name is ElNino and my Sisters name is LaNina! She does the same thing that I do, just a lot more extreme, so, I form, by atmospheric pressure in the eastern pacific, when this happens, easterlies weaken, then, upwelling stops, several circulation cells form, and then air rises over the eastern pacific, and then subsides over Australia and Indonesia 🇮🇩


I memorize that for my exam tom 😄🙈 how do you think I did?

[nosha]

This phenomenon occurs every three to four years and its effects on the climate through their influence on several factors and the interaction of the atmosphere with the ocean include El Nino and through their impact on trade winds seasonal increase or lower depends on this phenomenon, thanks to this video we have learned a lot from him

[noyou]

Anyone else have to watch this for online school?

[dataussiematt]

I think bunch of malaysian are watching this video

[tamerabdalrazaq]

Ok, I was just looking for the meaning of niño in spanish

[Felipe_AndresIL]

"El Nino" or "El Niño"?, I'm sorry, but it sounds very different between "N" and "Ñ". 🤔🤔

[h.inusitatus]

It's not “El Nino”. It's “El Niño”. pronunciation is very different between the two. Most languages are not like English, where diacritics don't matter. In most languages, including Spanish *they do* matter. And English speakers should do well to get their heads out of their asses and realize the rest of the world exists. It's not like this the 1890s, and you can't copy paste the «ñ» from Wikipedia for fuck's sake.

[ahmeds.hassan]

El Nino is big climatic phenomena that prove how energy transfer between ocean and atmosphere

[shelterbros]

You have explained El Nino well. But some viewers get confused because of the way you presented it. Initially you are explaining normal phenomenon ( which is similar to La Nina) . Later you are explaining El Nino ( but didn't explicitly mention " El Nino ").

[NabillaAkhirta]

so proud and happy with all explanation from met office. btw, can u help me explain about what is monsoon? what's the impact for the rainfall and how does it work? how about the variability and interaction with another phenomena? and can u help me to explain about the predictability of monsoon? Monsoon is very interesting I think, but I wish u all could give me a little explanation with your awesome video. waiting for it. best regards from me and thankyou so much met office. :)

[thisaccounthasbeendeadsinc]

They couldn’t have think of a better name El Niño is Spanish for THE CHILD!!!

[khanad]

Awesome video.
Thanks for posting. Keep posting these edutainment videos