Some atmospheric and oceanic indices as predictors of seasonal rainfall in the Del Plata Basin of Argentina

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 350-359

  Almeira, Gustavo Javier ^a   Scian, Beatriz ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional del Agua Argentina   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric and oceanic indices; Del Plata Basin; Rainfall anomalies; Regression models

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RAINFALL ANOMALIES; REGRESSION MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX (SOI);

RAIN;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MARINE RESOURCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL CONCEPT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; LA PLATA BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY RIVER;

EID: 33748502504     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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