Question

explain the effects and causes of ENSO

Answer 1

Weaker winds means the ocean gets warmer and this process happens interchangeably and consecutively thus making the El Niño bigger and bigger. In other words, El Niño iscaused by the weakening of the trade winds which results in pushing of warm surface water to the west and less cold water to the east.

Answer 2

CAUSES

-Although the exact initiating causes of an ENSO warm or cool event are not fully understood, the two components of ENSO – sea surface temperature and atmospheric pressure are strongly related. During an El Niño event, the easterly trade winds converging across the equatorial Pacific weaken.

Some recent research has suggested that the effects of the ENSO will worsen as the climate changes (16). It is important for lives and livelihood, for economies and insurers to understand the potential for damage caused by extreme weather such as El Niño and La Niña so their continued study is of vital importance.