climate phenomenon
C3904
concept
A climate phenomenon is a recurring or notable pattern or event in the Earth’s climate system, such as El Niño or monsoon cycles, that significantly influences weather and environmental conditions over large regions and timescales.
All labels observed (32)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| paleoclimatic event | 18 |
| meteorological phenomenon | 17 |
| climate phenomenon canonical | 7 |
| climate oscillation | 6 |
| El Niño–Southern Oscillation index | 5 |
| atmospheric circulation pattern | 5 |
| climatic event | 5 |
| monsoon system | 3 |
| sea surface temperature pattern | 3 |
| ENSO index | 2 |
| abrupt climate change event | 2 |
| atmospheric oscillation | 2 |
| climatic anomaly | 2 |
| large-scale atmospheric circulation pattern | 2 |
| phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation | 2 |
| North Atlantic climate phenomenon | 1 |
| atmospheric circulation system | 1 |
| climate anomaly | 1 |
| climate forcing mechanism | 1 |
| climatic influence | 1 |
| climatic phenomenon | 1 |
| climatological pattern | 1 |
| cooling event | 1 |
| global cooling event | 1 |
| global warming event | 1 |
| large-scale ocean–atmosphere phenomenon | 1 |
| marine heatwave phenomenon | 1 |
| paleoclimatic anomaly | 1 |
| paleoclimatic phenomenon | 1 |
| seasonal phenomenon | 1 |
| tropical climate outlook | 1 |
| tropical intraseasonal oscillation | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: climate phenomenon
Generated description
A climate phenomenon is a recurring or notable pattern or event in the Earth’s climate system, such as El Niño or monsoon cycles, that significantly influences weather and environmental conditions over large regions and timescales.
Instances (81)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Atlantic Multidecadal Variability | sea surface temperature pattern |
| Rainbow | meteorological phenomenon |
|
blizzard (Fubuki in Japanese)
surface form:
Blizzard (Fubuki)
|
meteorological phenomenon |
| Atlantic hurricanes | meteorological phenomenon |
| Meiyu front | meteorological phenomenon |
| Global Tropics Hazards Outlook | tropical climate outlook |
| Madden–Julian Oscillation | atmospheric oscillation |
| Meltemi | meteorological phenomenon |
| Dalton Minimum | climatic event |
| Southwest monsoon | monsoon system |
| Northeast monsoon | — |
| Santa Ana winds | meteorological phenomenon |
|
GOE
surface form:
Great Oxidation Event
|
paleoclimatic event |
| Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event | paleoclimatic event |
| Brocken spectre | meteorological phenomenon |
| Kaigas glaciation | paleoclimatic event |
| Chinook winds | meteorological phenomenon |
| African easterly waves | meteorological phenomenon |
| Lomagundi event | paleoclimatic event |
|
Klaus Wolter
surface form:
Multivariate ENSO Index
|
ENSO index |
| Holocene climatic optimum | paleoclimatic event |
| 8.2 kiloyear event | climatic event |
| Carboniferous rainforest collapse | paleoclimatic event |
| Walker circulation | atmospheric circulation pattern |
| 4.2 kiloyear event | climatic event |
| Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum | paleoclimatic event |
|
MSC
surface form:
Messinian Salinity Crisis
|
paleoclimatic event |
| Ice Age | climatic phenomenon |
|
NAO
surface form:
North Atlantic Oscillation
|
atmospheric circulation pattern |
| North Atlantic wave climate | climatological pattern |
| Southern Annular Mode variability | atmospheric circulation pattern |