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Explain Southern Oscillation.

A. Normally when the tropical eastern South Pacific Ocean experiences high pressure, the tropical eastern Indian Ocean experiences low pressure.

B. Sometimes there is a reversal in the pressure conditions.


C. This periodic change in pressure conditions is known as the Southern Oscillation or S.O. If the pressure differences are negative it would mean late monsoons.


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