Interannual variations in precipitation: The effect of the North Atlantic and Southern oscillations as seen in a satellite precipitation data set and in models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Kyte, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Quartly, Graham D ^a   Srokosz, Meric A ^a   Tsimplis, Michael N ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; EL NINO; LA NINA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION;

ARCTIC; ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; INDONESIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547869578     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007138     Document Type: Article

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