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
Example Sentences
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Outside the tropics, in the mid-latitudes, the impact of ocean-atmosphere coupling on teleconnection patterns is less understood.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024
These changes indicated shifts in teleconnection patterns compared to simulations without such an interaction.
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
That initiates a teleconnection by affecting the east-west winds in the upper atmosphere throughout the tropics, ultimately resulting in stronger vertical wind shear in the Atlantic basin.
From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023
Climate model simulations indicate that this increased variability reflects an increase in the teleconnection strength between the tropical Pacific and West Antarctica, owing to a shift in the mean location of tropical convection.
From Nature • Feb. 4, 2018
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