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gfdl on-line bibliography > 1999 citations
El Niņo
| Philander, S. George, 1999: El Niņo, National Forum, 01621831, Spring99, 79(2), 11-14. |
| Abstract: El Niņo is so versatile and ubiquitous -- he causes torrential rains in Peru and Ecuador, droughts and fires in Indonesia, and abnormal weather globally -- that the term is now part of everyone's vocabulary; it designates a mischievous gremlin. Hence, if the stock market in New York is erratic, or the traffic jams in London are exceptionally bad, it must be El Niņo. This is consistent with our practice of using meteorological phenomena as metaphors in our daily speech: the president is under a cloud, the examination was a breeze. We know exactly what these statements mean because we have a life-long familiarity with clouds and breezes. |