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Oscillation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019870

Shift in position of various high and low pressure systems that in climate terms is usually defined as an index (i.e.. a single numerically-derived number, that represents the distribution of temperature and pressure over a wide ocean area, such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, and Pacific Decadal Oscillation).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019870
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA Climate Program Office Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019870",
  "term": "Oscillation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Shift in position of various high and low pressure systems that in climate terms is usually defined as an index (i.e.. a single numerically-derived number, that represents the distribution of temperature and pressure over a wide ocean area, such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, and Pacific Decadal Oscillation).",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Climate Program Office Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/oscillation/"
}

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