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eastern- most tip, lies within the region called the monsoon region, which stretches
along the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico and follows the continental divide through eastern Arizona, most of New Mexico and extends into southern Colorado in the USA (Comrie and Glenn 1998). Seasonal monsoon mainly
controls precipitation in the north of Mexico and is partially responsible for the
seasonal and, potentially, interannual variations and oscillations in precipitation
(Comrie and Glenn 1998; Higgins et al. 1999). Several climatic trends and oscillations contribute to the monsoonal variability in the region, including the El Niño–
Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and the North
Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) (Návar 2014).
Fig. 8.3 Spatial distribution of accumulated rainfall for each month in the state of Durango
(average for the period from 1979 to 2013)
D. A. Martinez-Cruz et al.
eastern- most tip, lies within the region called the monsoon region, which stretches
along the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico and follows the continental divide through eastern Arizona, most of New Mexico and extends into southern Colorado in the USA (Comrie and Glenn 1998). Seasonal monsoon mainly
controls precipitation in the north of Mexico and is partially responsible for the
seasonal and, potentially, interannual variations and oscillations in precipitation
(Comrie and Glenn 1998; Higgins et al. 1999). Several climatic trends and oscillations contribute to the monsoonal variability in the region, including the El Niño–
Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and the North
Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) (Návar 2014).
Fig. 8.3 Spatial distribution of accumulated rainfall for each month in the state of Durango
(average for the period from 1979 to 2013)
D. A. Martinez-Cruz et al.