The relationship of the North American Monsoon to tropical and North Pacific Sea surface temperatures as revealed by observational analyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4449-4473

  Castro, Christropher L ^a   McKee, Thomas B ^a   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; RAIN;

MOISTURE FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

(NORTH); GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035894794     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<4449:TROTNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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