On the interannual wintertime rainfall variability in the Southern Andes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-657

  Gonzalez M H ^a   Vera, C S ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

El ni o southern oscillation; Indian ocean; Interannual variability; Southern andes; Southern annular mode

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY PRODUCTION; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN SURFACES; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WINTER RAINFALL; WINTERTIME RAINFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; LOCOMOTIVES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAILROAD CARS; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ANDES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77950206704     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1910     Document Type: Article

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