Active and break phases in the South American monsoon system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 905-914

  Jones, Charles ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; STORMS;

MONSOON SYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND FIELD;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037091173     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0905:AABPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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