ENSO and rainfall along the Zongo valley (Bolivia) from the Altiplano to the Amazon basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1223-1236

  Ronchail, Josyane ^a   Gallaire, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Amazon basin; Andes; Bolivia; ENSO; Rainfall; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BOLIVIA; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); LA NINA; PACIFIC SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); RAINFALL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALTIPLANO; AMAZON BASIN; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745893235     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1296     Document Type: Article

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