On the El Nino teleconnection to spring precipitation in Europe

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 565-574

  Van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a   Burgers, Gerrit ^a   Tank, Albert Klein ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

El Nino; ENSO; Europe; Southern Oscillation; Statistical analysis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPRING (SEASON); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0034127076     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(200004)20:5<565::AID-JOC488>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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