The midsummer drought over Mexico and Central America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1577-1588

  Magaña, Victor ^a   Amador, Jorge A ^b   Medina, Socorro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

CENTRAL AMERICA; DEEP TROPICAL CONVECTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MEXICO; MIDSUMMER DROUGHT; TRADE WINDS; WARM POOL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; CLIMATE CYCLE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

MEXICO;

EID: 0032716655     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1577:TMDOMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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