Modulation of ENSO-based long-lead outlooks of Southwestern U.S. winter precipitation by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1163-1172

  Gutzler, David S ^a   Kann, Deirdre M ^b   Thornbrugh, Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

RAIN;

DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; WINTER;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036921622     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<1163:MOEBLL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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