Atmospheric circulation over the Bolivian Altiplano during dry and wet periods and extreme phases of the southern oscillation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1579-1600

  Vuille, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Composite analysis; Precipitation; Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0033619612     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19991130)19:14<1579::AID-JOC441>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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