Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun el_nino_southern_oscillation

1 sense of el nino southern oscillation

Sense 1
El Nino southern oscillation -- (a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns)
       => El Nino -- ((oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time)