ENSO-related precipitation changes in New Caledonia, southwestern tropical Pacific: 1969-98

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages 3001-3006

  Nicet, Jean Benoit ^a   Delcroix, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER FLOW;

NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 6144245208     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<3001:erpcin>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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