Observational evidences on the modulation of the South American Low Level Jet east of the Andes according the ENSO variability

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 645-657

  M Silva, G A ^a   Ambrizzi, T ^a   Marengo, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Space Research   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology; General circulation; Ocean atmosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STANDING WAVE; TRADE WIND; WAVELENGTH;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60349090875     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-645-2009     Document Type: Article

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