Tropical gradient influences on Caribbean rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Michael A ^a   Stephenson, Tannecia S ^a   Owino, Albert ^b   Chen, A Anthony ^a   Campbell, Jayaka D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CARIBBEAN SEA; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; FLOW REGIMES; GEOPOTENTIAL GRADIENTS; GEOPOTENTIALS; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; LOW LEVEL JET; NEAR-SURFACE; RAINY SEASONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRADE WINDS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WARM POOLS;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLOW PATTERN; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLOBAL WARMING; JET STREAM; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 80053375726     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015580     Document Type: Article

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