Upper-air wave trains over the Pacific Ocean and wintertime cold surges in tropical-subtropical South America leading to Freezes in Southern and Southeastern Brazil

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 223-242

  Marengo, J A ^a   Ambrizzi, T ^b   Kiladis, G ^c   Liebmann, B ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Aeronomy Laboratory   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CIRCULATION; COLD AIR; ROSSBY WAVE; WINTER;

BRAZIL; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036950730     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-001-0669-x     Document Type: Article

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