El Nino Its Far-Reaching Environmental Effects on Army Tactical Decision Aids.
Abstract
A series of benign changes in pressure and temperature over Darwin, Australia and Tahiti often results in significant changes in oceanographic and atmospheric patterns around the world. These, in turn, can produce short-term weather changes that impact vested interests of the United States on the world's political and military arenas. At the onset of an El Nino, the oceanographic changes are complemented by atmospheric changes that result in abrupt weather pattern reversals in a seasonal and a geographic context. The two weather extremes to consider from an El Nino event are droughts and floods. To know the likely implications of an El Nino event in advance will allow strategic and logistic planners to more accurately decide what type of weapons and support material will work best for the United States in the various world theaters.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA307126
Entities
People
- John Neander