teleconnection
Britishnoun
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a connection via telephone or television
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a long-distance relationship between weather patterns, as when evaporation from the Amazon basin falls as rain in S Africa, etc
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These changes indicated shifts in teleconnection patterns compared to simulations without such an interaction.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
The simulations examined the impact of ocean-atmosphere coupling on teleconnection patterns during the Northern Hemisphere's wintertime: December to February.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
"We find a strong teleconnection between the recurring climate variation and locust dynamics," the authors write.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2024
A teleconnection is a chain of processes in which a change in the ocean or atmosphere in one region leads to large-scale changes in atmospheric circulation and temperature that can influence the weather elsewhere.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2023
As the planet deglaciated, the largest and most abrupt decline in teleconnection strength occurred between approximately 16,000 years and 15,000 years ago, followed by a slower decline into the early Holocene.
From Nature ● Feb. 4, 2018
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