The influence of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation on Temperature and Precipitation over the Globe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2667-2681

  Dong, Bo ^a   Dai, Aiguo ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate transition; IPO; Pacific SST; PDO; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; INDIA; INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946480621     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2500-x     Document Type: Article

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