ENSO-conditioned rainfall drought frequency analysis in northwest Baja California, Mexico

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 831-842

  Hallack Alegria, M ^a   Ramirez Hernandez, J ^a   Watkins, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; L moments; Mexico; Multivariate ENSO index; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CALIFORNIA; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DROUGHT FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; ENSO INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; L-MOMENTS; ME-XICO; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RIVER BASINS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID REGION; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; STUDY AREAS; TIME-SCALES; WINTER SEASONS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN;

DROUGHT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WINTER;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; GUADALUPE BASIN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860010063     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2310     Document Type: Article

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