Transient behavior of the meridional moisture transport across South America and its relation to atmospheric circulation patterns

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1409-1412

  Li, Z X ^a   Le Treut, H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; MOISTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY;

MERIDIONAL MOISTURE TRANSPORT;

GEOPHYSICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OROGRAPHY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; LOW LEVEL JET; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SYNOPTIC VARIABILITY; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033562284     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900274     Document Type: Article

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