SOES: INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY

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  • Created on: 20-01-17 11:26
During the warm phase of the PDO, which country's fisheries benefit from upwelling?
Alaska
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Which fish is fished in California and Alaska?
Salmon
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During the cold phase of the PDO, what occurs along the California coast?
upwelling
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The cold phase of the PDO causes cold water to build up along the US coast. This is because of weaker ........ ............ .
trade winds
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The name of the area of low pressure developing over Alaskan Islands.
Aleutian
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El Nino causes PDO to be sent into the ........ phase.
warm
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The name of the wave type which transfers weather systems across the globe.
kelvin
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.......... analysis can be used in order to look at individual waves within wave forms.
spectral
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A type of blocking pattern which can be caused by meander in Rossby waves.
Omega
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During the negative phase of the NAO, pressure difference is ................. .
weakened
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NAO stands for .......... ................. Oscillation.
North Atlantic
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Westerly winds are ............ during the positive phase of the NAO.
stronger
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When winds are stronger during the NAO, Northern Europe is ............ .
warmer
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In the negative NAO, there are waves in the atmospheric .... .......... .
jet stream
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The strength and direction of Westerlies are controlled by .............. differences.
pressure
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Iceland represents an area of ......... pressure.
low
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An area of high pressure in the NAO is known as the ............. high.
Azores
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The name of the weather feature created by the difference in pressure across stratospheric layers, which keeps cold Arctic air in the Arctic.
polar vortex
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The abbreviation for the event which involves the jet stream changing direction every 14 months.
QBO
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The polar vortex is enhanced when the quasibiennial oscillation is in its ............. phase.
westerly
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Weak westerly winds can be as a result of a ........... PV.
weak
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Which fish is fished in California and Alaska?

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Salmon

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During the cold phase of the PDO, what occurs along the California coast?

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The cold phase of the PDO causes cold water to build up along the US coast. This is because of weaker ........ ............ .

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Card 5

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The name of the area of low pressure developing over Alaskan Islands.

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