Feedbacks between hydrological processes in tropical South America and large-scale ocean-atmospheric phenomena

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2690-2702

  Poveda, Germán ^a   Mesa, Oscar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN INTERACTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; RAINFALL; TROPICS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031409051     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2690:FBHPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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