Role of terrestrial hydrologic memory in modulating ENSO impacts in North America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3569-3585

  Chen, Ji ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; SNOW; SOILS;

TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS;

HYDROLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL WATER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037116344     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)015<3569:ROTHMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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