Trends of upper-air circulation and water vapour over equatorial south America and adjacent oceans

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 863-876

  Curtis, Scott ^a   Hastenrath, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial South America; NCEP NCAR reanalysis; Upper air circulation; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HISTORICAL RECORD; WATER VAPOR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033617945     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19990630)19:8<863::AID-JOC394>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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