El Niño signals contained in precipitation at the East China Sea

Climate Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-38

  Chang, You Soon ^a   An, HuiSoo ^b   Jeon, DongChull ^c   Nam, Jae Cheol ^a   Seo, Jang Won ^a  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Correlation; El Ni o; EOF; Precipitation; Teleconnection; Upper wind; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EAST CHINA SEA;

EID: 0037147699     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr023031     Document Type: Article

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