Monday, August 6, 2012




La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Niño as part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern. During a period of La Niña, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Oceanwill be lower than normal by 3–5 °C. In the United States, an episode of La Niña is defined as a period of at least 5 months of La Niña conditions. The name La Niña originates from Spanish, meaning "the girl," analogous to El Niño meaning "the boy."
La Niña, sometimes informally called "anti-El Niño", is the opposite of El Niño, where the latter corresponds instead to a higher sea surface temperature by a deviation of at least 0.5 °C, and its effects are often the reverse of those of El Niño. El Niño is famous due to its potentially catastrophic impact on the weather along both the Chilean, Peruvian, New Zealand, and Australian coasts, among others. It has extensive effects on the weather in North America, even affecting the Atlantic Hurricane Season. La Niña is often, though not always, preceded by an El Niño.


I learned that La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Niño as part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern.The La Niña is usually described as a cooler than average sea surface temperature in this area of the Pacific. 
I want to know more about La Niña. How, when and where it forms and develop.
I would like to research on different factors that affects the formation of   La Niña. I also want to research about different technique on how to predict La Niña.
I appreciate the fact that La Niña has some influence in the climate. Like, it brings cold weather that helps other people for better production of their work or better life.
I can apply my learning and insight in understanding the weather conditions that occur in our country. I can also share my knowledge to other ordinary people like me to know what LaNiña is and how does LaNiña affects the country.

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