Asymmetry of the El Niño-spring rainfall relationship in Taiwan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-312

  Chen, Jau Ming ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Shih, Ching Feng ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CORRELATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PHILIPPINE SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 47249086833     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.297     Document Type: Article

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