Exploring the relationship between the North Atlantic oscillation and rainfall patterns in Barbados

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-827

  Charlery, J ^a   Nurse, L ^a   Whitehall, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Barbados; Caribbean; El Ni o; La Ni a; North Atlantic oscillation; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; RAIN;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL PATTERN; WINTER CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO; LA NINA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 33646453519     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1334     Document Type: Article

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