Interannual and interdecadal variability of the South Atlantic convergence zone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages 2947-2957

  Robertson, Andrew W ^a,b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033792121     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2947:iaivot>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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