Sub-regional seasonal precipitation linkages to SOI and PDO in the Southwest United States

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 94-102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; PDO; Precipitation; SOI; Southwest United States; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143063705     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/asle.2002.0057     Document Type: Article

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