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Interdecadal variations of annual precipitation in the central United States

Q. Hu·C.M. Woodruff·S.E. Mudrick
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Century-long annual precipitation time series at 168 stations in the central United States are analyzed with special attention given to interdecadal variations. The results show statistically significant precipitation variations of interdecadal timescales in the region. In particular, one variation has a quasi 20-yr period, and another one possesses a quasi 12-yr period.

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Q. Hu, C.M. Woodruff, S.E. Mudrick. 1998. Interdecadal variations of annual precipitation in the central United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079%3C0221%3Aivoapi%3E2.0.co%3B2

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