Springtime ENSO phase evolution and its relation to rainfall in the continental U.S.

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1673-1680

  Lee, Sang Ki ^a,b   Mapes, Brian E ^a   Wang, Chunzai ^b   Enfield, David B ^a,b   Weaver, Scott J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO evolution in spring; ENSO teleconnection; U.S. rainfall in spring

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS; TELECONNECTIONS;

RAIN;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET STREAM; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; GULF OF MEXICO; OHIO RIVER; OHIO VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894721797     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL059137     Document Type: Article

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