A climatological analysis of the southwest monsoon rainfall in the Philippines

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 609-616

  Cruz, F T ^a   Narisma, G T ^a   Villafuerte, M Q ^a,b   Cheng Chua, K U ^a   Olaguera, L M ^a  

^a ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration   (Philippines)

Author keywords

ENSO; Rainfall change; Rainfall variability; Southwest monsoon rainfall

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DRY PERIODS; ENSO; HEAVY RAINFALL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PHILIPPINES; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL EXTREMES; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STORM SEWERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84873259524     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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