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Undergraduate Research at FIU (URFIU) Conference

2015

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Present-Day Pattern Variations In The Central And Eastern Pacific El Nino, Szandra Peter Mar 2015

Present-Day Pattern Variations In The Central And Eastern Pacific El Nino, Szandra Peter

Undergraduate Research at FIU (URFIU) Conference

El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a cycle that is initiated in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and is recognized on interannual timescales by oscillating patterns in tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures (SST) and atmospheric circulations. Using correlation and regression analysis of datasets that include SST’s and other interdependent variables including precipitation, surface winds, sea level pressure, this research seeks to quantify recent changes in ENSO behavior. Specifically, the amplitude, frequency of occurrence, and spatial characteristics (i.e. events with maximum amplitude in the Central Pacific versus the Eastern Pacific) are investigated.

The research is based on the question; “Are …