Teleconnections Linking Worldwide Climate Anomalies (Paperback)

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction Michael H. Glantz; 2. General characteristics of El Nino-southern oscillation Kevin E. Trenberth; Part II. Regional case studies of teleconnections: physical aspects: 3. Brazil's climate anomalies and ENSO Pao-Shin Chu; 4. Australasia R. J. Allan; 5. West Africa Peter J. Lamb and Randy A. Peppler; 6. The Asian snow cover-monsoon-ENSO connection T. P. Barnett, L. Dumenil, U. Schlese, E. Roeckner and M. Latif; 7. Teleconnections in global rainfall anomalies: seasonal to inter-decadal time scales K. M. Lau and P. J. Sheu; Part III. Scientific Basis for Teleconnections: 8. El Nino and QBO influences on tropical cyclone activity William M. Gray and John D. Sheaffer; 9. The rudimentary theory of atmospheric teleconnections associated with ENSO Joseph J. Tribbia; 10. Observational aspects of ENSO cycle teleconnections Eugene M. Rasmusson; 11. Forecasting El Nino with a geophysical model Mark A. Cane; 12. Use of statistical methods in the search for teleconnections: past, present and future Barbara G. Brown and Richard W. Katz; Part IV. Regional Impacts of Climate Anomalies: Environmental and Societal Impacts: 13. Impact of ENSO events on the southeastern Pacific region with special reference to the interaction of fishing and climate variability Romulo Jordan S; 14. ENSO, monsson and drought in India George Kiladia and Suresh K. Sinha; 15. The shrimp fishery in the Gulf of Mexico: relation to climatic variability and global atmospheric patterns Marie E. White and Mary W. Downton; 16. Teleconnections and health Neville Nicholls; Part V. Implications for ENSO forecasts: 17. Teleconnections and their implications for long-range forecasts Neville Nicholls and Richard W. Katz; Index.