The atmospheric circulation associated with extreme rainfall events in Piura, Peru, during the 1997 - 1998 and 2002 El Niño events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3917-3926

  Takahashi, Ken ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Convective processes; mesoscale meteorology; tropical meteorology; climate and interannual variability)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EL NINO; EXTREME EVENT; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PERU; PIURA [PERU]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844306033     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3917-2004     Document Type: Article

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