Relationships between global precipitation and surface temperature on interannual and longer timescales (1979-2006)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Alder, Robert F ^a,b   Gu, Guojun ^b,c   Wang, Jian Jian ^b,c   Huffman, George J ^b,d   Curtis, Scott ^e   Bolvin, David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 58849099561     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010536     Document Type: Article

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