Assessments of moisture fluxes east of the Andes in South America in a global warming scenario

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1395-1414

  Soares, Wagner Rodrigues ^a   Marengo, Jose Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Climate change; Low level jet; Moisture flux

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; CORE AREA; EMISSION SCENARIO; INTENSE FLOW; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LA PLATA BASIN; LATERAL BOUNDARY; LOW-LEVEL JET; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE FLUXES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; REGIONAL MODEL; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; TIME PERIODS; TROPICAL REGIONS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; VERTICALLY INTEGRATED MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; WIND SPEED;

GLOBAL WARMING; JETS; RAIN; STORMS;

MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HADLEY CELL; JET STREAM; MOISTURE FLUX; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; LA PLATA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949083681     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1800     Document Type: Article

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