Characteristics of large-scale atmospheric circulation related to extreme monthly rainfall anomalies in the Pampa region, Argentina, under non-ENSO conditions

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 89-106

  Scian, Beatriz ^a   Labraga, Juan Carlos ^b   Reimers, Walter ^a   Frumento, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646189417     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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