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La Niña event to end in early spring: China national climate center
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La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño. /VCG
La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño. /VCG

La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño. /VCG

China's national climate center has forecast that the ongoing La Niña event, which causes climate chaos, will come to an end early in the spring this year.

La Niña refers to the large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, coupled with wind, pressure and rainfall changes in tropical atmospheric circulation.

During a La Niña period, the sea surface temperature across the eastern equatorial part of the central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal. /VCG
During a La Niña period, the sea surface temperature across the eastern equatorial part of the central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal. /VCG

During a La Niña period, the sea surface temperature across the eastern equatorial part of the central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal. /VCG

The abnormal, cooler subsurface water of the middle and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean clearly weakened in December 2022, the National Climate Center said, yet the La Niña-like atmospheric pattern remained.

The La Niña event in the middle and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean has continued since January this year, but is likely to end early in the spring, according to the climate center's monitoring work.

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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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