The role of the ENSO cycle in the modulation of moisture transport from major oceanic moisture sources

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1046-1058

  Castillo, Rodrigo ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a   Drumond, Anita ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

ENSO cycle; FLEXPART; Lagrangian analysis; moisture sinks; moisture transport; oceanic sources of moisture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; RAIN;

ENSO CYCLE; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; FLEXPART; LA-GRANGIAN APPROACHES; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE SOURCES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS;

MOISTURE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER;

ARABIAN SEA; CORAL SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84893653467     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013900     Document Type: Article

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