Canadian precipitation patterns associated with the Southern Oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3016-3027

  Shabbar, Amir ^a   Bonsal, Barrie ^a   Khandekar, Madhav ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0031433425     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<3016:CPPAWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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