Relationship of El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Pacific sea surface temperature with rainfall in various regions of the globe

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1792-1800

  Kane, R P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHARACTERIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLD EVENTS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WARM EVENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031212135     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1792:ROENOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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