Precipitation and circulation covariability in the extratropics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4789-4797

  Garreaud, René D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; BAROCLINICITY; EXTRATROPICS; UPPER-LEVEL ZONAL FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 35448952214     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4257.1     Document Type: Article

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