CMIP3 projected changes in the annual cycle of the South American Monsoon

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-357

  Seth, Anji ^a   Rojas, Maisa ^b   Rauscher, Sara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL CYCLE; CIRCULATION CHANGES; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CONVERGENCE ZONES; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DATA SETS; LOW LEVEL; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MONSOON SYSTEM; MULTI-MODEL; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RAINY SEASONS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WARM SEASONS;

MOISTURE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTICYCLONE; DATA SET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77149152776     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9736-6     Document Type: Article

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