Observed Nonlinearities of Monthly Teleconnections between Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies and Central and Eastern North American Precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1812-1835

  Montroy, David L ^a   Richman, Michael B ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0000541812     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1812:ONOMTB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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