Mean atmospheric circulation leading to generalized frosts in central southern South America

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 95-112

  Müller, Gabriela V ^a   Ambrizzi, Tercio ^a   Núñez, Mario N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FROST; WEATHER;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844439348     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0107-y     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ambrizzi T, Hoskins BJ, Hsu HH (1995) Rossby wave propagation and teleconnection patterns in the austral winter. J Atmos Sci 52: 3661-3672
2. Ambrizzi T, Hoskins BJ (1997) Stationary Rossby wave propagation in a baroclinic atmosphere. Quart J Roy Meteor Soc 123: 919-928
3. Antico PL, Berri GJ (1999) Variability of the intensity and latitudinal position of the subtropical jet stream over South America and its relationship with the sea surface temperatures of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Preprints, Eighth Conference on Climate Variations, Denver, CO, Amer Meteor Soc, pp 122-125
4. Barrucand MG, Rusticucci MM (2002) Climatología de temperaturas extremas en la Argentina. Variablidad temporal y regional. Meteorológica 26: 85-101
5. Berbery EH, Nogues-Paegle J, Horel J (1992) Wavelike Southern Hemisphere extratropical teleconnections. J Atmos Sci 49: 155-177
6. Berbery EH, Vera CS (1996) Characteristics of the Southern hemisphere winter storm track with filtered and unfiltered data. J Atmos Sci 53: 468-481
7. Escobar GCJ (2001) La circulación en la tropósfera asociada con irrupciones de aire frío en el centro de Argentina. Tesis Doctoral. Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Pág 136
8. Gan MA, Rao VB (1994) The influence of the Andes cordillera on transient disturbances. Mon Wea Rev 122: 1141-1157
9. Garreaud RD, Wallace JM (1998) Summertime incursions of midlatitude air into tropical and subtropical South America. Mon Wea Rev 126: 2713-2733
10. Garreaud RD (1999) Cold air incursions over subtropical and tropical South America. A numerical case study. Mon Wea Rev 122: 2823-2853
11. Garreaud RD (2000) Cold air incursions over subtropical South America: mean structure and dynamics. Mon Wea Rev 128: 2544-2559
12. Hsu HH (1987) Propagation of low-level circulation features in the vicinity of mountain ranges. Mon Wea Rev 115: 1864-1892
13. Kalnay E, Kanamitsu M, Kistler R, Collins W, Deaven D, Gandin L, Iredell M, Saha S, White G, Woollen J, Zhu Y, Celliah M, Ebisuzaki W, Higgins W, Janowiak J, Mo KC, Ropelewski C, Wang J, Leetmaa A, Reynolds R, Jenne RE, Joseph D (1996) The Ncep/Ncar 40-Year Reanalysis Project. Bull Amer Meteor Soc 77(3): 437-471
14. Krishnamurti TN, Tewari M, Chakraborty DR, Marengo JA, Silva Dias PL, Satyamurti P (1999) Downstream amplification: A possible precursor to major freeze events over south-eastern Brazil. Wea Forecast 14: 242-270
15. Marengo JA, Ambrizzi T, Kiladis G, Liebmann B (2002) Upper-air wave trains over the Pacific Ocean and wintertime cold surges in tropical-subtropical South America leading to Freezes in Southern and Southeastern Brazil. Theor Appl Climatol 74: 243-247
16. Marengo JA, Cornejo A, Satyamurty P, Nobre C, Sea W (1997) Cold surges in tropical and extratropical South America: The strong event in June 1994. Mon Wea Rev 125: 2759-2786
17. Müller GV, Nuñez MN, Seluchi ME (2000) Relationship between ENSO cycles and frosts events within the Pampa Húmeda Region. Int J Climatol 20: 1619-1637
18. Müller GV, Compagnucci RH, Núñez MN, Salles MA (2003a) Spatial analysis of surface circulation associated to frosts in the wet Pampas. Int J Climatol 23: 943-961
19. Müller GV, Ambrizzi T, Nuñez MN, Ferraz S (2003b) Teleconnection between tropical west Pacific Convection and Cold Surges in the Southern South America during Austral Winter. 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. 24-28 March, Wellington, New Zealand
20. Seluchi M, Serafini YV, Le Treut H (1998) The impact of the Andes on transient atmospheric systems: A comparison between observations and GCM results. Mon Wea Rev 126: 895-912
21. Seluchi ME, Marengo JA (2000) Tropical-midlatitude exchange of air masses during summer and winter in South America: Climatic aspects and examples of intense events. Int J Climatol 20: 1167-1190
22. Souza EB, Ambrizzi T (2002) ENSO impacts on the South American rainfall during 1980s: Hadley and Walker circulation. Atmósfera 15: 105-120
23. Vera CS, Vigliarolo PK (2000) A diagnostic study of cold-air outbreaks over South America. Mon Wea Rev 128: 3-24
24. Vera CS, Vigliarolo PK, Berbery EH (2002) Cold season waves over subtropical South America. Mon Wea Rev 130: 684-699
25. Woodruff SD, Dias HF, Elms JD, Worley SJ (1998) COADS release 2 data and metadata enhancements for improvements of marine surface flux fields. Phys Chem Earth 23: 517-526
26. Yu JY, Hartmann DL (1995) Orographic influences on the distribution and generation of atmospheric variability in a GCM. J Atmos Sci 52: 2428-2443