The preconditioning role of Tropical Atlantic Variability in the development of the ENSO teleconnection: Implications for the prediction of Nordeste rainfall

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 839-855

  Giannini, A ^a   Saravanan, R ^a   Chang, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 3843097459     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0420-2     Document Type: Article

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