Subseasonal variations of rainfall in South America in the vicinity of the low-level jet east of the Andes and comparison to those in the South Atlantic convergence zone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3829-3842

  Liebmann, Brant ^a   Kiladis, George N ^b   Vera, Carolina S ^c   Saulo, A Celeste ^c   Carvalho, Leila M V ^d  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

DOWNSTREAM FLOW; SOUTH ATLANTIC CONVERGENCE ZONE (SACZ);

RAIN;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; JET STREAM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 3242674923     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3829:SVORIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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