Precipitation extremes estimated by GPCP and TRMM: ENSO relationships

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 678-689

  Curtis, Scott ^a   Salahuddin, Ahmed ^a   Adler, Robert F ^b   Huffman, George J ^b   Gu, Guojun ^b   Hong, Yang ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EID: 34848923723     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM601.1     Document Type: Article

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