“厄尔尼诺”是西班牙语“圣婴”一词的音译。现在“厄尔尼诺”一词已被科学家用来专门指热带中、东太平洋海水大范围异常增温现象。莫衷一是的话因许多气象学家认为,厄尔尼诺的产生与南太平洋上东南信风的强弱有直接关系。在正常年份,东南信风将大片海水吹起来向西流动,形成南赤道 “El Niño” is a transliteration of the Spanish word “Easter Baby”. The term “El Nino” has now been used by scientists to refer specifically to the phenomenon of anomalous warming of large-scale seawater in the tropical and eastern Pacific Ocean. Inconclusive, because many meteorologists believe that the production of El Nino has a direct relationship with the strength of the South East Asia trade winds in the South Pacific. In normal years, the southeast trade winds blow large chunks of seawater to the west and form the south equator.