Enhanced seasonal rainfall in Northern Venezuela and the extreme events of December 1999

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2302-2306

  Lyon, Bradfield ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; LANDSLIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0042068129     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2772.1     Document Type: Article

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