Relationships between precipitation anomalies in Uruguay and southern Brazil and sea surface temperature in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-271

  Diaz, Alvaro F ^a,d   Studzinski, Caarem D ^b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Inst Mecanica Los Fluidos Ing A   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA STRUCTURES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL, RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE; URUGUAY;

EID: 0032004089     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0251:RBPAIU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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