Significant influences of global mean temperature and ENSO on extreme rainfall in Southeast Asia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1905-1919

  Villafuerte, Marcelino Q ^a,b   Matsumoto, Jun ^a,c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Philippine Atmospheric   (Philippines)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate change; ENSO; Statistical techniques; Trends; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

ASIA; ENSO; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TRENDS; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

INDOCHINA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84961290048     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00531.1     Document Type: Article

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