Characterizing ENSO coupled variability and its impact on North American seasonal precipitation and temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4231-4245

  L'Heureux, Michelle L ^a   Tippett, Michael K ^b,c   Barnston, Anthony G ^d  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; ENSO; La Nina; Operational forecasting; Seasonal variability; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO; ENSO; LA NINA; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84988924598     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00508.1     Document Type: Article

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