Role of Equatorial Pacific SST Anomalies in Precipitation over Western Americas

Bor-Ting Jong1, Mingfang Ting2, Richard Seager3, Naomi Henderson4 and Dong Lee4, (1)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University, New York, United States, (3)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States