Decadal variations in the strength of ENSO teleconnections with precipitation in the western United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1399-1410

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Dettinger, Michael D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Precipitation; Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033570696     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19991115)19:13<1399::AID-JOC457>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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