A diagnosis of rainfall over South America during the 1997/98 El Niño event. Part II: Roles of water vapor transport and stationary waves

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 512-521

  Rao, V Brahmananda ^a   Chapa, Srinivasa R ^a   Fernandez, J P R ^a   Franchito, Sergio H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; RAIN; VAPORS; WATER;

STATIONARY WAVES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET FLOW; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER VAPOR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036501743     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0512:ADOROS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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