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Rhome et al. 2000

Rhome, J.R., Niyogi, D.S. and Raman, S. (2000). Mesoclimatic analysis of severe weather and ENSO interactions in North Carolina. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/1999GL011327. issn: 0094-8276.

Connections between regional severe weather occurrences and El Ni¿o/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are investigated. Monthly (1950--1989) occurrences of tornado and wind/hail frequency are compared with sea surface temperature (SST) indices and anomalies in the tropical Pacific. Analyses indicate increase in wind/ hail events/ days, during the months of April through June of La Ni¿a years. No direct evidence is found between tornado frequency and ENSO classes. Using seasonal composite anomalies of upper-air patterns, it is concluded that La Ni¿a patterns leads to enhanced convection over North Carolina. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Global Change, Impact phenomena, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Oceanography, Physical, El Nino, Policy Sciences, Regional planning

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Geophysical Research Letters
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