Intense rainfall events affecting the La Plata Basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 769-787

  Silva, Viviane B S ^a   Berbery, Ernesto Hugo ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMAZON BASIN; LA PLATA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748939931     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM520.1     Document Type: Article

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