Sentences with phrase «warm trade winds»

This adults - only resort offers breathtaking views of the sparkling - clear, blue - green sea, enhanced by warm trade winds and stunning tropical sunsets.
Enjoy breathtaking views of the sparkling - clear blue - green sea, feel the warm trade winds and marvel over the stunning tropical sunsets — it's all here, waiting for you.
Kauai's warm trade winds and lush scenery are just two of the reasons why your Kauai vacation will be perfect.
Bring the family and teach the kids to snorkel at Kapalua Beach, visit with friends on a golf getaway or enjoy the romance of the warm trade winds and laid - back lifestyle on a tropical honeymoon.
Here, guests enjoy warm trade winds and exceptional panoramic views of the resort's 40 - acre grounds, swimming pools and waterfall, and neighboring islands of Molokai and Lanai.
At one end of the room, wide sliding glass doors open to the lanai to fill the space with tropical sunshine and the warm trade winds off the ocean.

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This trade wind strengthening, which occurs during a the negative phase of a phenomenon called the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (also known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation), pushes warm water westward and and changes Pacific Ocean circulation.
The upwelling resembles a feature on Earth called a Hadley cell, where warm air at our equator rises and creates trade winds, hurricanes and other forms of weather.
They found that adding five years of strong trade winds created powerful ocean currents that buried the warm surface water, bringing cooler water to the surface.
«Hurricanes almost always form over ocean water warmer than about 80 degrees F. in a belt of generally east - to - west flow called the trade winds.
Under normal conditions, the trade winds and ocean currents in the tropical Pacific travel from the Americas to Asia, maintaining a pool of very warm water and a related area of intense tropical rainfall around Indonesia.
The climate phenomenon, El Niño — Southern Oscillation or ENSO, that warms the eastern Pacific waters, decreases trade winds, and shows up every three to seven years, last came in 2006.
Using climate models to understand the physical processes that were at play during the glacial periods, the team were able to show that a gradual rise in CO2 strengthened the trade winds across Central America by inducing an El Nino - like warming pattern with stronger warming in the East Pacific than the Western Atlantic.
Over the course of coming decades, though, trade wind speed is expected to decrease from global warming, Thunell says, and the result will be less phytoplankton production at the surface and less oxygen utilization at depth, causing a concomitant increase in the ocean's oxygen content.
Models indicate trade winds will continue to abate in the future as the climate warms, Karnauskas said.
In normal, non-El Niño conditions, Pacific trade winds near the equator blow from east to west, moving warm surface water with them.
The trade winds then weaken, allowing warmer water to flow eastwards across the Pacific, dragging with it tropical storms.
Only this time, the ocean is already much warmer and most importantly, the atmosphere seems to have finally gotten the memo, with the trade winds weakening.
Furthermore, a deeper upper layer of warm surface water may weaken the cold tongue if the Ekman pumping doesn't reach down below the thermocline to bring up colder water, and weakened trade winds would have a similar effect through reduced Ekman pumping near the equator.
Study links stronger Pacific trade winds to pause in global warming.
The Walker circulation refers to the mean (steady) ciculation where air over the warm pool in the western part of the tropical Pacific rises, being fed by the easterly surface trade winds across the Pacific, and subsidence over eastern Pacific.
While El Niño is a cyclical climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean — marked by warmer ocean temperatures in the tropics and a weakening of the usual easterly trade winds — it can impact weather around the globe.
Every five years or so, weakening trade winds cause a shift to warmer than normal ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, a phenomena known as El Niño.
During normal conditions, trade winds blow to the west across the tropical Pacific Ocean, piling up warm surface water in the western Pacific, and cold, deeper water rises up, or upwells, off the west coast of South America.
The trade winds weakened again, and the already warm water in the central Pacific helped push things along, in McPhaden's words, «leading El Niño to rise, phoenix - like, from the ashes.»
Partly in response to the winds of the Walker circulation, warm water in the western Pacific creates storms that send a mass of warm air east, up and over the trade winds.
Warm air at our equator rises and creates trade winds, hurricanes and other forms of weather.
Warm weather year round, consistent trade winds and line of sight sailing make the BVI a sailors paradise.
Even though the temperatures are warm, the cool Caribbean trading winds keep the air crisp and free of mosquitoes.
Trade winds, relatively calm water, warm air temperatures and warm sea temperatures just about 365 days a year makes Bonaire an ideal destination for your Kiteboarding vacation.
Our guide to help you prepare to set sail Wind Surfing & Kiteboarding on Bonaire where the trade winds & warm weather are perfectly suited for Wind Surfing at Sorobon and Kite Surfing at Atlantis Beach.
Both of these beaches are tranquil spots to kick back and relax while soaking in the warm sun tempered with cooling trade winds.
The Caribbean waters are calming and warm, and the gentle trade winds blow across the waters to refresh anyone lucky enough to be at Ffryes Beach.
Rich in Spanish history and architecture, la Habana is well known for its warm, humid weather tempered by ocean trade winds.
Excellent conditions, trade winds almost every day of the year, a relaxing atmosphere and warm waters from the Caribbean Sea make Bonaire a perfect destination for kite boarders of all levels.
With steady trade winds, warm waters, and beautiful tropical surroundings, Maui, Hawaii, is an ideal destination for windsurfing.
The oceanfront living and dining rooms are separated by a breezeway that not only allows for views from the courtyard to the beach, but lets you open the living areas to the famous warm Hawaiian trade winds.
While the trade winds can be refreshing, the residence does have air conditioning and ceiling fans to keep you comfortable in warmer weather.
The year - round warm sunny days tempered by gentle trade winds, perfect amount of rainfall and rich volcanic soils on the slopes of the West Maui Mountains is a major reason that Maui Gold ® grows so well on the lands above the Kapalua Resort.
Blessed with warm Hawaiian sun and fresh trade - wind breezes... this is the ultimate Maui Home.
A split system air conditioner gives maximum comfort on any warm day... or open your windows and the trade winds will cool you off naturally.
Protected by an offshore reef, this natural treasure boasts warm, shallow waters and cooling trade winds that make it a haven for sunbathers and windsurfers alike.
Stronger trade winds push warm surface water towards the west, and bring cold deeper waters to the surface to replace them.
Explanations for the recent «pause» in SST warming include La Niña - like cooling in the eastern equatorial Pacific, strengthening of the Pacific trade winds, and tropical latent heat anomalies together with extratropical atmospheric teleconnections.
This hiatus could persist for much of the present decade if the trade wind trends continue, however rapid warming is expected to resume once the anomalous wind trends abate.
... a pronounced strengthening in Pacific trade winds over the past two decades — unprecedented in observations / reanalysis data and not captured by climate models — is sufficient to account for the cooling of the tropical Pacific and a substantial slowdown in surface warming through increased subsurface ocean heat uptake.
Furthermore, a deeper upper layer of warm surface water may weaken the cold tongue if the Ekman pumping doesn't reach down below the thermocline to bring up colder water, and weakened trade winds would have a similar effect through reduced Ekman pumping near the equator.
Abstract:... Here we show that a pronounced strengthening in Pacific trade winds over the past two decades — unprecedented in observations / reanalysis data and not captured by climate models — is sufficient to account for the cooling of the tropical Pacific and a substantial slowdown in surface warming through increased subsurface ocean heat uptake.
A further point where I need clarification is that, in Part I, you seemed to be suggesting that the West Pacific warm pool develops due to the trade winds blowing surface water in that direction.
They relate the current hiatus period at the surface and a deeper penetration of the warming into the ocean with changes in the trade winds on the subtropical Pacific (intensification).
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