Seasonality, spatial coherence and history of precipitation in a desert region of the Baja California peninsula

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-182

  Bullock, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja California; Climate history; ENSO; Seasonality; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

DESERT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA; MEXICO; SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 0037292532     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1040     Document Type: Article

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