Surface pressure patterns during the year over southern South America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 635-653

  Compagnucci, Rosa Hilda ^a   Salles, Maria Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Daily surface pressure patterns; Eigentechniques; Principal component analysis; Southern South America; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031452687     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199705)17:6<635::aid-joc81>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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