Relation between SSTs and predictability of seasonal mean precipitation over the western tropical Pacific

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 919-929

  Kobayashi, Chiaki ^a   Maeda, Shuhei ^a   Ito, Akira ^a   Matsushita, Yasuhiro ^a   Takano, Kiyoharu ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 29144474668     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.919     Document Type: Article

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