The 500 and 1000 hPa weather circulations and their relationship with some extreme climatic conditions over southern South America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 541-556

  Bischoff, Susana A ^a   Vargas, Walter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Circulation patterns; Climate variability; El Ni o southern oscillation; Southern South America

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; MAPS; TROPOSPHERE;

PATTERN CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE;

WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038404964     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.894     Document Type: Article

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