Influence of orography on the extratropical response to El Nino events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 716-733

  Nigam, Sumant ^a   DeWeaver, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; EL NINO; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031824654     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0716:IOOOTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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