Spatio-temporal rainfall patterns in Southern South America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2106-2120

  Aravena, Juan Carlos ^a   Luckman, Brian H ^b  

^a Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Homogeneity analysis; Patagonia; Precipitation; South America; Time series

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HOMOGENEITY ANALYSIS; PATAGONIA; PRECIPITATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOMOGENEITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71449121164     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1761     Document Type: Article

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