El Niño phenomenon

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf climate phenomenon
gptkbp:affects global weather patterns
gptkbp:associatedWith floods
droughts
wildfires
crop failures
gptkbp:cause warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
drought in Australia and Indonesia
increased rainfall in South America
warmer winters in Canada and northern US
weaker Atlantic hurricane seasons
gptkbp:duration 9 to 12 months
gptkbp:firstDescribed late 19th century
gptkbp:frequency every 2 to 7 years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label El Niño phenomenon
gptkbp:impact gptkb:fish
agriculture
public health
gptkbp:monitors gptkb:NOAA
gptkb:World_Meteorological_Organization
gptkbp:namedAfter Spanish term for 'the boy'
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:La_Niña_phenomenon
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:ENSO_(El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation)
gptkbp:studiedBy oceanographers
climatologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Humboldt_Current
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5