Relationships between the Antarctic oscillation, the Madden-Julian oscillation, and ENSO, and consequences for rainfall analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-254

  Pohl, B ^a   Fauchereau, N ^b   Reason, C J C ^c   Rouault, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; DENSE NETWORK; HIGH LATITUDES; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ANALYSIS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RAINY SEASONS; REGIONAL SCALE; SEASONAL MEAN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; STATISTICAL ARTIFACTS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TIMESCALE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 77949335851     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2443.1     Document Type: Article

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