Long-term trends and cycles in the hydrometeorology of the Amazon basin since the late 1920s

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3236-3244

  Marengo, José A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Climate trends; Decadal variability; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; ARGENTINA; CLIMATE TRENDS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERANNUAL; LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM TREND; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70549108183     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7396     Document Type: Article

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