A new interhemispheric teleconnection increases predictability of winter precipitation in southwestern US

Antonios Mamalakis; Jin-Yi Yu; James T. Randerson; Amir AghaKouchak; Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04722-7

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

A new interhemispheric teleconnection increases predictability of winter precipitation in southwestern US

Antonios Mamalakis,
Jin-Yi Yu,
James T. Randerson,
Amir AghaKouchak,
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

Affiliations

Antonios Mamalakis: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California
Jin-Yi Yu: Department of Earth System Science, University of California
James T. Randerson: Department of Earth System Science, University of California
Amir AghaKouchak: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04722-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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ENSO is losing predictive power of west US coast precipitation. Here the authors identify a new inter-hemispheric teleconnection that promises earlier and more accurate prediction.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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