Processes controlling the mean tropical Pacific precipitation pattern. Part II: The SPCZ and the Southeast Pacific dry zone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5696-5706

  Takahashi, Ken ^a,b   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

OROGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVERGENCE; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MOISTURE FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSIDENCE; TRADE WIND; TREND ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547871890     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1656.1     Document Type: Article

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