Regional aspects of prolonged meteorological droughts over Mexico and central America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1175-1188

  Méndez, Matías ^a   Magaña, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EASTERLY WAVE; GULF OF MEXICO; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW LEVEL JET; ME-XICO; MESOAMERICA; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; MOISTURE FLUXES; NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TRADE WINDS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WET CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DROUGHT;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATIC REGION; DROUGHT; MOISTURE FLUX; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PERSISTENCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77953673752     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3080.1     Document Type: Article

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