Global seasonal temperature and precipitation anomalies during El Niño autumn and winter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Larkin, Narasimhan K ^a   Harrison, D E ^b,c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO SEASON; GLOBAL SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL WEATHER ANOMALIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; EL NINO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 26844450159     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022860     Document Type: Article

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