Investigation of seasonal prediction of the South American regional climate using the nested model system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  De Sales, Fernando ^a   Xue, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET STREAM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANDES; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845603968     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006989     Document Type: Article

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