Warm and cold events in Argentina and their relationship with South Atlantic and South Pacific Sea surface temperatures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Rusticucci, Matilde M ^a   Venegas, Silvia A ^b   Vargas, Walter M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Extreme temperature events; South Atlantic; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 1542347061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001793     Document Type: Article

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