Interdecadal modulation of the impact of ENSO on precipitation and temperature over the United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3639-3656

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DECADAL CHANGE; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENHANCED CONVECTION; ENSO EVENTS; INTERDECADAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LONG-TERM TREND; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; WAVE TRAIN; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; OHIO VALLEY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955490358     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3553.1     Document Type: Article

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