The El Niño impact on the summer monsoon in Brazil: Regional processes versus remote influences

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-280

  Grimm, Alice M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

MONSOON SEASON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0141564642     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0263:TENIOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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