Effects of the southern oscillation on the probability for climatic categories of monthly rainfall, in a semi-arid region in the southern mid-latitudes

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-348

  Lucero, Omar Abel ^a  

^a Ctro de la Reg Semiarida I   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032215780     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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