The relationship between El Niño and the duration and frequency of the Santa Ana winds of southern California

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-192

  Finley, Jason ^a   Raphael, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; El Ni o; Santa Ana winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; WIND FORCING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247471589     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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