Gulf of California sea surface temperatures and the North American Monsoon: Mechanistic implications from observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2261-2281

  Mitchell, David L ^a   Ivanova, Dorothea ^a   Rabin, Robert ^a   Brown, Timothy J ^a   Redmond, Kelly ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MONSOONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036749196     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2261:GOCSST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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