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  2. Madden–Julian oscillation - Wikipedia

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    The Pineapple Express, an MJO effect on North American weather patterns. The typical scenario linking the pattern of tropical rainfall associated with the MJO to extreme precipitation events in the Pacific Northwest features a progressive (i.e. eastward moving) circulation pattern in the tropics and a retrograding (i.e. westward moving ...

  3. Geography of Fiji - Wikipedia

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    Map references Oceania Area. Total: 18,274 km 2 (7,056 sq mi) Land: 18,274 km 2 (7,056 sq mi) [2] Water: 0 km 2 (0 sq mi) Area – comparative Slightly smaller than New Jersey; slightly less than one third Nova Scotia's size; slightly smaller than Wales Land boundaries 0 km (0 mi) Coastline 1,120 km (700 mi) Maritime claims

  4. Tropical marine climate - Wikipedia

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    The ecosystems of the tropical marine climate have to adapt to the dry season. Plants during the dry season must conserve water/moisture. However, the extent of the adaptation depends much on the annual rainfall.

  5. Effects of climate change on the tropics - Wikipedia

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    Climate change is characterized by alterations in temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events. Tropical areas, located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn , are known for their warm temperatures, high biodiversity, and distinct ecosystems, including rainforests, coral reefs, and mangroves.

  6. Col (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    A col, also called saddle point or neutral point, is in meteorology, the point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a weather map. It takes the form of a saddle where the air pressure is relatively higher than that of the low-pressure regions, but lower than that of the anticyclonic zones. [1]

  7. El Niño–Southern Oscillation - Wikipedia

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    Tropical instability waves visible on sea surface temperature maps, showing a tongue of colder water, are often present during neutral or La Niña conditions. [62] La Niña is a complex weather pattern that occurs every few years, [19] often persisting for longer than five months. El Niño and La Niña can be indicators of weather changes ...

  8. Tropical savanna climate - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the Caribbean coast, eastward from the Gulf of Urabá on the Colombia – Panamá border to the Orinoco river delta, on the Atlantic Ocean (ca. 4,000 km (2,485 mi)), have long dry periods (the extreme is the BSh climate (see below), characterized by very low, unreliable precipitation, present, for instance, in extensive areas in the ...

  9. Climate - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Long-term weather pattern of a region For other uses, see Climate (disambiguation). Atmospheric sciences Atmospheric physics Atmospheric dynamics category Atmospheric chemistry category Meteorology Weather category portal Tropical cyclone category Climatology Climate category Climate ...