Quantifying southern oscillation-precipitation relationships

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1043-1059

  Ropelewski, Chester F ^a   Halpert, Michael S ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD PHASE; PRECIPITATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WARM PHASE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0030437343     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1043:QSOPR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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