Complex network analysis helps to identify impacts of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on moisture divergence in South America

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 619-632

  Boers, Niklas ^a,b   Donner, Reik V ^a   Bookhagen, Bodo ^c   Kurths, Jürgen ^a,b,d  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex networks; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Extreme events; Moisture divergence; South American climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932196827     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2265-7     Document Type: Article

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