The 1976/77 transition in precipitation over the Americas and the influence of tropical sea surface temperature

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 721-740

  Huang, Huei Ping ^a   Seager, Richard ^a   Kushnir, Yochanan ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; EL NINO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AMAZONIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24044536331     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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