U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet 117-03
version 1.0

Precipitation History of the Mojave Desert Region, 1893–2001

graph showing standardized anomaly index of cool + warm-season precipitation as a function of average Southern Oscillation Index

Figure 5. Standardized anomaly index (SAI) of cool+warm-season precipitation (classified by type of El Niño-Southern Oscillation or ENSO activity) as a function of the average Southern Oscillation Index (SOI).

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