Interannual variability and seasonal evolution of summer monsoon rainfall in South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2257-2275

  Grimm, Alice M ^a   Zilli, Marcia T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SPRING; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; CONVERGENCE ZONES; CORE REGION; DATA SETS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE FLUXES; MONSOON RAINFALL; OPPOSITE LOADING; RAINFALL ANOMALY; REMOTE FORCING; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHEAST BRAZIL; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SST ANOMALIES; STRONGLY CONNECTED; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; SUMMER RAINFALL; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65449156556     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2345.1     Document Type: Article

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