Climate variability in the Andes of Ecuador and its relation to tropical Pacific and Atlantic Sea Surface temperature anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2520-2535

  Vuille, M ^a   Bradley, R S ^a   Keimig, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CURVE FITTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; TROPICS; WATER WAVES;

ATLANTIC SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 0034233224     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2520:CVITAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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