Midwestern streamflow, precipitation, and atmospheric vorticity influenced by Pacific sea-surface temperatures and total solar-irradiance variations

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-218

  Perry, Charles A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric vorticity; Pacific sea surface temperatures; Precipitation; Solar climate relations; Streamflow; Total solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CLIMATE RELATIONS; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 32544453009     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1248     Document Type: Article

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