Influence of the tropical Atlantic versus the tropical Pacific on Caribbean rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Taylor, Michael A ^a   Enfield, David B ^b   Chen, A Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; El Ni o; Model; Rainfall; Tropical Atlantic; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; WARM POOL;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037107216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001097     Document Type: Article

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