Comparison of 1997-98 U.S. temperature and precipitation anomalies to historical ENSO warm phases

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3507-3515

  Smith, Shawn R ^a   Legler, David M ^a   Remigio, Mylene J ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO);

GLOBAL WARMING;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033493978     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3507:COUSTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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