Variations in annual global precipitation (1979-2004), based on the Global Precipitation Climatology Project 2.5° analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Smith, Thomas M ^a   Yin, Xungang ^a   Gruber, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER SATELLITES;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; INTERDECADAL WARMING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646441925     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025393     Document Type: Article

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