Temporal and spatial variability of annual precipitation in Costa Rica and the Southern Oscillation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-193

  Waylen, Peter R ^a   Quesada, Marvin E ^b   Caviedes, César N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation; Costa Rica; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Lag cross correlation; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; LAG CROSS CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL RAINFALL PATTERN; TEMPORAL RAINFALL VARIATION; TEMPORAL/SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0029751210     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199602)16:2<173::aid-joc12>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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