ENSO-dominated estuaries of Buenos Aires: The interannual transfer of water from Western to Eastern South America

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Isla, Federico Ignacio ^a  

^a Centro de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Buenos Aires; ENSO; Estuaries; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55549084837     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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