How do tropical sea surface temperatures influence the seasonal distribution of precipitation in the equatorial Amazon?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4003-4026

  Fu, R ^a   Dickinson, R E ^a   Chen, M ^a   Wang, H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; WAVES;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035888565     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<4003:HDTSST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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