La Niņa (NASA)
Description:
This four-page illustrated NASA Fact Sheet describes how interactions between the atmosphere and oceanic temperatures and currents produce the phenomenon known as La Niņa, which brings weather extremes opposite to those associated with El Niņo. The Fact Sheet covers La Niņa's effects on weather around the globe and how NASA and NOAA study La Niņa.
Organization:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
URL:
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp_docs/La_Nina.pdf
Contact:
Charlotte Griner,
cgriner@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov,
Earth Observing System Project Science Office,
Code 900,
Greenbelt,
MD,
20771,
Phone: (301) 614--5559;
Fax: (301) 614-6530
Cost:
Free
Education Level:
General
Subject:
Atmosphere
El Niņo
Oceanography -Physical
Resource Type:
Internet Site
Fact Sheet
Date Added to teachearth.com:
9/21/01