Winter precipitation variability and corresponding teleconnections over the northeastern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7931-7945

  Ning, Liang ^a   Bradley, Raymond S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925387742     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021591     Document Type: Article

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