Research Souce?

Doesn't your school have a list of databases and encyclopedias available to you in your library?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o-...ern_Oscillation

References at the bottom?

Roll on down to your chosen search engine and add

site:.edu OR site:ac.uk OR site and any other tld that deals with universities that you can think of. This usually pops up a few sites and reports on any given subject and unlike many journals they are usually free to look at.

On the other hand this is climate science which to my mind is up there with psychology in the high percentage of of con men and bad science stakes, depending at what level you are playing at I would advise checking of sources very carefully (even searching for comments on the reports sort of thing).

For a simple link though:
http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~prall/climate/journals.html

References in wikipedia can work but in sciences such as this chosen articles/references to fit the tone of the article is a major problem.

[quote name='FAST6191' post='2631312' date='Mar 2 2010, 09:10 AM']Roll on down to your chosen search engine and add

site:.edu OR site:ac.uk OR site and any other tld that deals with universities that you can think of. This usually pops up a few sites and reports on any given subject and unlike many journals they are usually free to look at.

On the other hand this is climate science which to my mind is up there with psychology in the high percentage of of con men and bad science stakes, depending at what level you are playing at I would advise checking of sources very carefully (even searching for comments on the reports sort of thing).

For a simple link though:
http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~prall/climate/journals.html

References in wikipedia can work but in sciences such as this chosen articles/references to fit the tone of the article is a major problem.[/quote]
You are too helpful. Seriously, it makes my day much better knowing there are more people helping others.

Anyway, my school gave us a ton of sources we can use, but most of them require an account set up by the school.

And like FAST6191 said, Wikipedia is bad for a source, as anyone can edit it. However, it's good for just finding information if you are allowed to put some in without the use of a credible source.

El Niño is caused a phenomenon affecting surface pressure in the western Pacific ocean, causing droughts or other various changes in weather(storms in the middle of a dry season etc). It's usually explained simply as the climate pattern that has the opposite surface pressure effect of La Niña, caused by opposite direction of winds blowing the tides to opposite directions.


A drought on the other hand, can be said to be caused by lack of rain and too much sun. Or El Niño.

Thanks guys especially FAST6191,at least I have a few more sources to look at now

btw @BeatriceTheGolden
Our schools' library is suckish and small,hardly any of use tbh

also anymore sources is welcomed,but I think I got all that I need already