The influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on tropical cyclone activity in the eastern North Pacific basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2459-2474

  Jien, Jerry Y ^a   Gough, William A ^a   Butler, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatology; ENSO; Hurricanes typhoons; North pacific ocean; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; STORMS; TROPICS;

ENSO; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ENSO INDICES; NET TROPICAL CYCLONES; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; STATISTICALLY DEPENDENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84940363665     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00248.1     Document Type: Article

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