Assessment of regional seasonal rainfall predictability using the CPTEC/COLA atmospheric GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 459-475

  Marengo, J A ^a   Calvalcanti, I F A ^a   Satyamurty, P ^a   Trosnikov, I ^a   Nobre, C A ^a   Bonatti, J P ^a   Camargo, H ^a   Sampaio, G ^a   Sanches, M B ^a   Manzi, A O ^a   Castro, C A C ^a   D'Almeida, C ^a   Pezzi, L P ^a   Candido, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0344272185     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0346-0     Document Type: Article

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