Synoptic variability of rainfall and cloudiness along the coasts of northern Peru and Ecuador during the 1997/98 El Niño event

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-136

  Douglas, Michael W ^a   Mejia, John ^b   Ordinola, Norma ^c   Boustead, Joshua ^d  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

^d National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; COMPOSITING; DAILY RAINFALLS; DATA SUPPORTS; ECUADOR; EXTRATROPICAL; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HEAVY RAINS; IN-PHASE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NCEP REANALYSIS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS; PILOT BALLOON OBSERVATIONS; RAIN GAUGES; RE-ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC VARIABILITIES; TIME-SCALES; WET AND DRIES; WIND ANOMALIES; WIND EVENTS; WIND FIELDS; ZONAL WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; GAGES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

CLOUD COVER; EL NINO; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

ECUADOR; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 64149127257     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2191.1     Document Type: Article

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