Seasonality of the ENSO-related rainfall variability in central Chile and associated circulation anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-296

  Montecinos, Aldo ^a   Aceituno, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

SEASONAL MIGRATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHILE;

EID: 0037806388     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0281:SOTERR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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