Influence of modes of climate variability on global precipitation extremes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6248-6262

  Kenyon, Jesse ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EURASIA; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; NAO INDEX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650530194     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3617.1     Document Type: Article

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