Goddard Glossary: El Niño Southern Oscillation Video Description

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0:00 A woman with brown and purple hair talking in front of a visualization of Earth with red and blue splotches showcasing La Niña. The words “El Niño Southern Oscillation” are spelled out phonetically in white text above her.

0:02 The words fade into the acronym “ENSO.”

0:03 A data visualization showing the United States grayed out, with red and blue blobs floating across the Pacific Ocean.

0:09 Back to the woman. As she talks, the words “El Niño,” “La Niña,” and “Neutral” appear over her head.

0:13 Fade onto a globe with wind directions and speeds mapped onto it. The word “El Niño” appears in the top right.

0:17 Fade onto a new globe with a mass of red mapped into the eastern Pacific.

0:19 Back to the woman.

0:21 Satellite image of the Mississippi River surrounded by green fields.

0:23 Fade onto a satellite image of the same region. The river is much more swollen.

0:24 Back to the woman.

0:26 Fade to a similar globe as before, showing ocean temperatures but the eastern Pacific is mostly blue. The word “La Niña” appears in the top right.

0:29 Fade to satellite view of Lake Mead.

0:31 Fade to the same satellite view but Lake Mead has much less water in it.

0:32 Pan along a graph showing spikes of red and blue color, showing which years were El Niño and La Niña years. The most recent three years are circled, showing a “triple dip.”

0:38 Rotating globe with a data visualization showing temperature anomalies. Most of the globe is yellow with a blue patch in the Pacific. Europe and the Arctic are red. The word “La Niña” appears in the top right.

0:46 Back to the woman talking.

0:51 Pan along a graph showing global temperature bars for each year since 1880. The bars get taller as time progresses and temperatures increase. The bars are color-coded to indicate if they’re El Niño, La Niña or neutral years.

0:58 Back to the woman talking.