Assignment:
Part 1:
1. Where does El Nino traditionally appear first and have the most drastic effect on climate
2. In what part of the world is the Walker circulation found, and to what does it refer?
3. How does La Nina differ from El Nino?
4. How does El Nino affect North America?
5. How does La Nina affect North America?
6. The monsoons of Asia are a dominant climatic element. How does variation in the monsoons affect the region?
7. What sector of the world economy suffers the greatest amount of financial damage from El Nino?
8. How does the irregular shit in the Walker circulation affect the climate of western South America?
Part 2:
Below is a diagram of the equatorial Pacific Ocean (not to scale) showing a horizontal cross-section through the ocean and atmosphere. Draw the walker circulation during a very strong El Niño.
Be sure to indicate:
a) wind direction at the surface
b) wind direction aloft
c) location of rising and sinking air
d) locations of warmer or colder than normal sea surface temperatures
e) surface ocean current direction
