The 1976/77 austral summer climate transition effects on the atmospheric circulation and climate in Southern South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4365-4383

  Agosta, Eduardo A ^a   Compagnucci, Rosa H ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TROPICS;

ARGENTINA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BEFORE AND AFTER; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HEIGHT FIELDS; IN-HOMOGENEITY; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; RE-ANALYSIS; ROTATED PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SPATIAL FEATURES; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARM CONDITIONS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53749086877     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2137.1     Document Type: Article

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