An evaluation of the predictability of Austral summer season precipitation over South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1161-1175

  Misra, Vasubandhu ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL RUNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842638692     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1161:AEOTPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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