Impact of El Niño on precipitation in Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-330

  Magana, Víctor O ^a   Vázquez, Jorge L ^a   Párez, José L ^a   Pérez, Joel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Mexican climate; Mexico; Northerns and hurricanes; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0141885952     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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