Lecture 16- Short-term Climatic Oscillations Flashcards
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What are the consequences of a positive/warm AMO index?
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Droughts in northern America are more severe and hurricanes in the northern Atlantic
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What are the consequences of the positive NAO index?
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More winter storms across the north Atlantic, cold and dry winters in northern Canada and Greenland and mild and wet winters in Eastern USA and Europe
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What are solar cycles?
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Periodic changes in suns activity and appearance.
