Two dominant subseasonal variability modes of the eastern Pacific ITCZ

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jiang, Xianan ^a,b   Waliser, Duane E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; EASTERN PACIFIC; GULF OF MEXICO; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; NORTH AMERICAN; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CYCLOGENESIS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRADE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 66149170254     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036820     Document Type: Article

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