Observed precipitation in the Paraná-Plata hydrological basin: Long-term trends, extreme conditions and ENSO teleconnections

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-413

  Boulanger, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Leloup, Julie ^a   Penalba, Olga ^a   Rusticucci, Matilde ^a   Lafon, Florence ^a   Vargas, Walter ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344364740     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0514-x     Document Type: Article

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