Seasonal diagnostic and predictability of rainfall in subtropical South America based on tropical Pacific SST

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 746-758

  Montecinos, Aldo ^a   Díaz, Alvaro ^b   Aceituno, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL RAINFALL;

RAIN;

PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0343526478     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0746:SDAPOR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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