Depiction of the variations of great plains precipitation and its relationship with tropical central-eastern pacific SST

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-153

  Yang, Song ^a   Ding, X ^b   Zheng, D ^c   Li, Q ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GREAT PLAINS PRECIPITATION; NONSEASONAL SIGNALS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EL NINO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADE WIND;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33947500408     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2455.1     Document Type: Article

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