Seasonal-to-decadal predictability and prediction of South American climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5988-6004

  Nobre, Paulo ^a,d   Marengo, J A ^a   Cavalcanti, I F A ^a   Obregon, G ^a   Barros, V ^b   Camilloni, I ^b   Campos, N ^c   Ferreira, A G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^c FUNCEME   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTIONS; CLIMATE VARIATIONS; DECADAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846177869     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3946.1     Document Type: Review

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