A winter precipitation 'dipole' in the western United States associated with multidecadal ENSO variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Brown, David P ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

DIPOLES; SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEMS; TELECONNECTIONS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543073552     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018726     Document Type: Article

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