A physical mechanism of the precipitation dipole in the western United States based on PDO-storm track relationship

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4719-4726

  Sung, Mi Kyung ^a   An, Soon Il ^b   Kim, Baek Min ^a   Woo, Sung Ho ^c  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ENSO; PDO; precipitation dipole

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MODULATION;

BAROCLINICITY; ENSO; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PDO; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; TELECONNECTIONS; TRACK MECHANISM; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

STORMS;

EID: 84904083537     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060711     Document Type: Article

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