The effect of concurrent sea-surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic on Carribean rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1531-1541

  Spence, Jacqueline M ^a   Taylor, Michael A ^a   Chen, A Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean rainfall; Sea surface temperature anomalies; Singular value decomposition; Tropical Atlantic; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

RAINFALL SEASON; RIVER BASINS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION (SVD);

RAIN;

ANOMALY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); WORLD;

EID: 7044239582     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1068     Document Type: Article

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