The climate pattern known as the El nino-southern Oscillation, or "ENSO" for short, is the biggest cause of large-scale climate variability in the tropics.
被称作“厄尔尼诺南方涛动”的气候模式是热带地区大面积气候变化的最大原因。
El Nino, Spanish for "the child", occurs when surface ocean waters in the southern Pacific become abnormally warm.
“El Nino（厄尔尼诺）”在西班牙语中是“孩子”的意思，当南太平洋表层海水异常变暖时，会出现厄尔尼诺现象。
La Nina tends to steer winter storms over the northern states, and El Nino more typically brings storms across the southern tier of the nation.
“拉尼娜”在北部各州会产生冬季风暴，“厄尔尼诺”则倾向于产生能够横跨国家南部各层的风暴。
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