Energetics of the summer circulation over South America

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-97

  De Lima Moscati, M C ^a   Rao, V Brahmananda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology, general circulation, tropical meteorology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843070421     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-83-2001     Document Type: Article

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