What does NPO stand for?

North Pacific Oscillation (meteorology)

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Relationships between the transition to summer in the East Central Missouri Ozarks, and the onset of the Southwest Monsoon, the Southern Oscillation phase, the Pacific North American and North Pacific Oscillation patterns, seasonal snow cover depletion, and the character of the summer itself will continue to be explored.

Determining the spring to summer transition in the Missouri Ozarks ...

They then compared this data with the occurrence of El Nino and La Nina events and the two phases of the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), a 50- to 70-year sea-surface temperature variation.

INCREASED HURRICANE ACTIVITY AHEAD

The specific objectives were: 1) to compile a snowfall database which can be used for reference by the WSFO in Pleasant Hill, 2) to examine the statistics, such as frequency of snowfall occurrence, and 3) to examine long term trends and interannual variability in snowfall occurrence which may relate to the El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO).

A Climatology of Heavy Snowfalls in Northwest Missouri: Long Term ...