An observed trend in central South American precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4357-4367

  Liebmann, Brant ^a   Vera, Carolina S ^b   Carvalho, Leila M V ^c   Camilloni, Inés A ^b   Hoerling, Martin P ^a   Allured, Dave ^a   Barros, Vicente R ^b   Báez, Julián ^d   Bidegain, Mario ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d DINAC   (Paraguay)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE;

COASTAL UPWELLING; GRIDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TREND ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044231545     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/3205.1     Document Type: Article

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