A multiscalar global evaluation of the impact of ENSO on droughts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   López Moreno, Juan I ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^b   Nieto, Raquel ^b   Morán Tejeda, Enrique ^a   Lorenzo Lacruz, Jorge ^a   Beguería, Santiago ^c   Azorin Molina, Cesar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT SEVERITY; DRY CONDITION; EASTERN EUROPE; ENSO EVENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SCALE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SST ANOMALIES; TIME-SCALES;

DROUGHT;

DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

NIA;

EID: 80155211762     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016039     Document Type: Article

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