The sensitivity of the tropical hydrological cycle to ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 538-549

  Soden, Brian J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; VAPORS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

DROUGHT;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034143861     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0538:TSOTTH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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