U.S. summer precipitation and temperature patterns following the peak phase of El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7204-7215

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Kumar, Arun ^a   Wang, Wanqiu ^a   Jha, Bhaskar ^a,b  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Wyle Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate models; Climate variability; El Nino

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMPOSITE PATTERN; EL NINO; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL PREDICTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SST ANOMALIES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EL NINO; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867665021     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00660.1     Document Type: Article

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