Summertime influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on daily rainfall over Mexico and Central America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Barlow, Mathew ^a   Salstein, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL TESTS;

BOREAL SUMMER; MADDEN JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); OCEANS;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 34248551505     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027738     Document Type: Article

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