Dry conditions over Argentina and the related monthly circulation patterns

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 99-114

  Barrucand, M G ^a   Vargas, W M ^a   Rusticucci, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WESTERLY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35648983421     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-006-0232-5     Document Type: Article

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