Intraseasonal modulation of South American summer precipitation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 837-850

  Paegle, Julia N ^a   Byerle, Lee A ^a   Mo, Kingtse C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034059534     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0837:IMOSAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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