Interannual variability of the North American warm season precipitation regime

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 653-680

  Higgins, R W ^a,d   Chen, Y ^b   Douglas, A V ^c  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; MONSOON;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033102414     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0653:ivotna>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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