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southern oscillation
- The cyclic variation of atmospheric pressure at sea level between the eastern and western regions of the southern Pacific Ocean as a result of the periodic cooling and warming of surface water known as La Niña and El Niño . It has an average period of 2.33 years.
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Origin of southern oscillation1
First recorded in 1920–25
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