High-latitude forcing of regional aridification along the subtropical west coast of South America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Vuille, Mathias ^a   Milana, Juan Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARIDIFICATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; CHILE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049158210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031899     Document Type: Article

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