Relationships between indices of the Southern oscillation

The author documents two indexes of the Southern Oscillation based on sea surface temperature (SST) and rainfall and compares their statistics with those of two pressure indexes. The indexes are almost equivalent on an annual basis, and the SST and rainfall indexes may be used with monthly time reso...

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Published in:Monthly weather review 1984-09, Vol.112 (9), p.1913-1919
Main Author: WRIGHT, P. B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Meteorology
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Summary:The author documents two indexes of the Southern Oscillation based on sea surface temperature (SST) and rainfall and compares their statistics with those of two pressure indexes. The indexes are almost equivalent on an annual basis, and the SST and rainfall indexes may be used with monthly time resolution without smoothing.
ISSN:0027-0644
1520-0493
DOI:10.1175/1520-0493(1984)112<1913:rbiots>2.0.co;2