Synoptic controls on precipitation in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1019-1031

  Dilley, Maxx ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Mexican monsoon; Oaxaca; Rainfall; Southern Mexico; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

MEXICO, OAXACA STATE, OAXACA;

EID: 0030441725     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199609)16:9<1019::AID-JOC74>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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