Climate change and interannual variability of precipitation in South America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Grimm, Alice M ^a   Natori, Angela A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SOUTH AMERICA;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDINAL GRADIENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047232672     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026821     Document Type: Article

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