ENSO and extreme rainfall events in South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1589-1609

  Grimm, Alice M ^a   Tedeschi, Renata G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; ENSO CYCLES; ENSO SIGNALS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALLS; FREQUENCY CHANGES; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; MEAN FREQUENCIES; MEAN PRECIPITATIONS; NON LINEARITIES; RAINFALL DATUM; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL COHERENCES; STATION DATUM; TELECONNECTIONS; TOTAL RAINFALLS;

CLIMATOLOGY; LANTHANUM;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TELECONNECTION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65449133892     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2429.1     Document Type: Article

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