The Intra-Americas Sea low-level jet: Overview and future research

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1146, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-188

  Amador, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; ENSO; Intra Americas low level jet; MM5 modeling; Tropical climate variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INTRA AMERICAS SEA LOW-LEVEL JET; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION; SUMMER; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 57249111890     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1446.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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