Rainfall cycles with bidecadal periods in the Brazilian region

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-279

  Almeida, A ^a   Gusev, A ^b   Mello, M G S ^a   Martin, I M ^a   Pugacheva, G ^b   Pankov, V M ^c   Spjeldvik, W N ^d   Schuch, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^d WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ocean atmospheric coupling; Rains; Solar cycle; Solar terrestrial connections; South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; RAINFALL; SOLAR CYCLE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2542639365     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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