单词 | southern oscillation |
释义 | southern oscillationnouna low-latitude fluctuation of atmospheric pressure closely linked with El Niño events, specifically the periods of El Niño warming and La Niña cooling. Origin of southern oscillationFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby southern oscillationsouthernism, southern lights, southernly, southernmost, Southern Ocean, southern oscillation, Southern Paiute, Southern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesian, Southern Sotho, Southern Stars Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for southern oscillationsouthern oscillation The cyclic variation of atmospheric pressure at sea level between the eastern and western regions of the southern Pacific Ocean as a result of the periodic cooling and warming of surface water known as La Niña and El Niño. It has an average period of 2.33 years. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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