Interdecadal and interannual variations of annual and extreme precipitation over central-northeastern Argentina

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1565-1580

  Penalba, Olga C ^a   Vargas, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Annual variability; Decadal variability; Extreme events; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERDECADAL VARIATIONS; POWER SPECTRUM;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; DECADAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044286328     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1069     Document Type: Article

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