The influence of the Madden-Julian oscillation on precipitation in Oregon and Washington

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-613

  Bond, Nicholas A ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ZONAL WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FLOODING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141817067     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0600:TIOTMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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