Onset and end of the rainy season in South America in observations and the ECHAM 4.5 atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2037-2050

  Liebmann, Brant ^a   Camargo, Suzana J ^b   Seth, Anji ^c   Marengo, José A ^d   Carvalho, Leila M V ^e   Allured, Dave ^a   Fu, Rong ^f   Vera, Carolina S ^g  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATOLOGY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WET SEASON;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250632695     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4122.1     Document Type: Article

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