The Emergence Machine

El Nino

physical · Meteorology · Level 7 · E0

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Emergence definition

Climate's long-term patterns of atmospheric state, influenced by interactions between air, temperature, and geological processes, enable the periodic warming of tropical Pacific waters, affecting global climate.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “el nino” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
El Nino
Origin language
Spanish

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Climate L6 (requires)
    El Niño is a periodic warming of tropical Pacific waters affecting global climate, requiring understanding of climate as the long-term atmospheric state.