Interannual and decadal cycles in river flows of southeastern South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2570-2581

  Robertson, Andrew W ^a,b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FUNCTIONS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; MULTITAPER METHOD; ROTATED EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; SEA STRUCTURE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RIVER FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032194607     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2570:IADCIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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