Interannual rainfall variability in North-East Brazil: Observation and model simulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 861-878

  Harzallah, A ^a   De Rocha Aragao J O ^a,b   Sadourny, R ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic dipole; El NI O southern oscillation; General circulation model; North East Brazil; Singular value decomposition; Tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

GCM; ITCZ; MODEL; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

BRAZIL, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030463491     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199608)16:8<861::AID-JOC59>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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