Relationships between upper-level circulation over South America and rainfall over southeastern South America: A physical base for seasonal predictions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3300-3315

  Zamboni, Laura ^a,b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^b   Kucharski, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC STRUCTURES; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DEMETER; EMPIRICAL METHOD; HINDCAST MODE; HINDCASTS; INTER-ANNUAL PREDICTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-RANGE FORECASTS; LOW LEVEL JET; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WIND ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROTROPIC MODE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DEMETER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; JET FLOW; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77955503374     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3129.1     Document Type: Article

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