equatorial
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El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Their system includes an automatic sun-tracking device similar to an equatorial telescope mount.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
But the 2015-16 El Niño — while strong in the equatorial Pacific — didn’t bring the anticipated rainfall effects to Southern California, and failed to snap the state out of a punishing five-year drought.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
WMO scientific officer John Kennedy said global weather is still under the influence of La Nina, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Rotating once every ten hours, it exhibits colorful equatorial banding, which is, however, not so prominent as Jupiter’s.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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