The dependence of Caribbean rainfall on the interaction of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2093-2103

  Enfield, David B ^a   Alfaro, Eric J ^b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; TROPICS;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY (SSTA);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0032756746     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2093:TDOCRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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