Atmospheric circulation features associated with rainfall variability over Southern Northeast Brazil

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2614-2626

  Chaves, R R ^a   Cavalcanti, I F A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; DATA REDUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; STORMS;

BAROCLINIC WAVES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035475977     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<2614:ACFAWR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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