Regional variations of the Caribbean mid-summer drought

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 25-34

  Curtis, S ^a   Gamble, D W ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; SURFACE PRESSURE; TRADE WIND; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; GULF OF MEXICO; HISPANIOLA; JAMAICA; PUERTO RICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 51749088636     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0342-0     Document Type: Article

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