Does a monsoon climate exist over South America?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1020-1040

  Zhou, Jiayu ^a,b,c   Lau, K M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON CLIMATE; RAINFALL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0001192795     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1020:DAMCEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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