Precipitation anomalies in southern Brazil associated with El Nino and La Nina events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2863-2880

  Grimm, Alice M ^a   Ferraz, Simone E T ^b   Gomes, Júlio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Prog of Res Fellowships CNPq UFPR   (Brazil)

^c Simepar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN;

PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032216278     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2863:PAISBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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