Evolution and features of global land June-August dry/wet periods during 1920-2000

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1483-1493

  Shi, Neng ^a   Chen, Luwen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Global dry wet; Interdecadal changes; Summer precipitation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

INTERDECADAL CHANGES; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANOMALY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 7044235755     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1034     Document Type: Article

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