Decadal variation of rainfall seasonality in the north American monsoon region and its potential causes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4258-4274

  Arias, Paola A ^a,b   Fu, Rong ^a   Mo, Kingtse C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; COMBINED EFFECT; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; GULF OF MEXICO; ME-XICO; MONSOON STRENGTH; MULTIDECADAL VARIATIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL RATES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL JET; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; EXPANSION;

RAIN;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865187597     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00140.1     Document Type: Article

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