Seasonal to decadal modulation of the impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on New Caledonia (SW Pacific) rainfall (1950-2010)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Barbero, Renaud ^a   Moron, Vincent ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; AUSTRAL SPRING; CHRISTMAS; EASTERN PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; HADLEY CELLS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW FREQUENCY; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NEW CALEDONIA; POSITIVE RAINFALL ANOMALIES; QUASI-STATIONARY; RAINFALL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; TIME-SCALES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

RAIN;

AMPLITUDE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WAVELET;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

NIA;

EID: 83655190976     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016577     Document Type: Article

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