Climate variability in southern South America associated with El Nino and La Nina events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-58

  Grimm, Alice M ^a,b,d   Barros, Vicente R ^c   Doyle, Moira E ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Federal University of Panama   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; LA NINA SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (LNSO) PHENOMENON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034127152     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0035:CVISSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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