Decadal variation of atmosphere-ocean interaction in the Tropical Atlantic and its relationship to the Northeast Brazil rainfall

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-75

  Rao, V Brahmananda ^a   Chapa, Srinivasa R ^a   Franchito, Sergio H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0033074677     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.1_63     Document Type: Article

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