Interannual and interdecadal rainfall variations in the Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4796-4813

  Chu, Pao Shin ^a   Chen, Huaiqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; RAIN; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

INTERANNUAL RAINFALL VARIATION; INTERDECADAL RAINFALL VARIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION (PDO);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 30144438908     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3578.1     Document Type: Article

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