Interannual relations between South American rainfall and tropical sea surface temperature anomalies before and after 1976

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1439-1448

  Kayano, Mary Toshie ^a   de Oliveira, Cristiano Prestrelo ^a   Andreoli, Rita Valéria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Correlation analysis; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEFORE AND AFTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERANNUAL; NORTH ATLANTIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69849112370     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1824     Document Type: Article

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