Surface observed global land precipitation variations during 1900-88

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2943-2962

  Dai, Aiguo ^a,d   Fung, Inez Y ^b,c   Del Genio, Anthony D ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ENSO; GLOBAL CLIMATE DATA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION DATA (1900-1988); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031429699     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2943:SOGLPV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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