Alternating wet and dry conditions over South America during summer

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-291

  Nogués Paegle, Julia ^a   Mo, Kingtse C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000724945     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0279:AWADCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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