Evidence for atmospheric variability over the Pacific on decadal timescales

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Burgman, R J ^a   Clement, A C ^a   Mitas, C M ^a   Chen, J ^b   Esslinger, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 41549138832     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031830     Document Type: Article

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