El Niño Vid.: The Storm that Keeps on Storming
1. What is El Niño?
~ El Niño is a change in winds and water temperature that results in a large tropical storm that seasonally ravages the eastern tropical Pacific.
2. How is it studied? What specific things are measured and how?
~ It is studied by buoys and satellites. They measured wind, temperature, and ocean currents. Temperature is measured by water sensors.
3. What are its effects?
~ Widespread flooding, hurricane-force winds, landslides, and forest fires.
4. What causes El Nino?
~ There are no theories or clear specific causes that have been proven for El Nino at this time. We don't know.
5. How are models used to determine when they will occur and how strong they will be?
~ Like many weather-predicting models, they use by past information and occurrences to make a prediction on what's going to happen in the future.
6. How can we study the past to understand the future?
~ We can study by learning what happened in the past, and predict what would happen in the future to improve.
Summary: What was one interesting thing you learned today?
One interesting thing I learned today was that the more you analyze the past, the better you can understand the future. But, that is no substitute for being prepared for a situation with no precedent.
~ El Niño is a change in winds and water temperature that results in a large tropical storm that seasonally ravages the eastern tropical Pacific.
2. How is it studied? What specific things are measured and how?
~ It is studied by buoys and satellites. They measured wind, temperature, and ocean currents. Temperature is measured by water sensors.
3. What are its effects?
~ Widespread flooding, hurricane-force winds, landslides, and forest fires.
4. What causes El Nino?
~ There are no theories or clear specific causes that have been proven for El Nino at this time. We don't know.
5. How are models used to determine when they will occur and how strong they will be?
~ Like many weather-predicting models, they use by past information and occurrences to make a prediction on what's going to happen in the future.
6. How can we study the past to understand the future?
~ We can study by learning what happened in the past, and predict what would happen in the future to improve.
Summary: What was one interesting thing you learned today?
One interesting thing I learned today was that the more you analyze the past, the better you can understand the future. But, that is no substitute for being prepared for a situation with no precedent.