Dominant modes of moisture flux anomalies over North America

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-209

  Dominguez, Francina ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19044380747     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM417.1     Document Type: Article

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