Influences of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the timing of the North American spring

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2301-2310

  Mccabe, Gregory J ^a   Ault, Toby R ^b   Cook, Benjamin I ^c   Betancourt, Julio L ^a   Schwartz, Mark D ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; PDO; Phenology; Spring

Indexed keywords

COLD AIR; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; ENSO; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PDO; PHENOLOGY; POLAR REGIONS; POTENTIAL TOOL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TELECONNECTIONS; WARM AIR;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PHENOLS; SEA LEVEL; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD AIR; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; POLAR REGION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRING (SEASON);

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864568141     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3400     Document Type: Article

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