Mexican drought: An observational modeling and tree ring study of variability and climate change

Atmosfera

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-31

  Seager, R ^a   Ting, M ^a   Davis, M ^b   Cane, M ^a   Naik, N ^a   Nakamura, J ^a   Li, C ^a   Cook, E ^a   Stahle, D W ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; El Ni o; Hydroclimate change; Mexican drought

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 60149112599     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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