Coupled patterns of spatiotemporal variability in Northern Hemisphere sea level pressure and conterminous U.S. Drought

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Zhang, Zhihua ^a   Mann, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17344363835     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004896     Document Type: Article

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