Subpolar high anomaly preconditioning precipitation over South America

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1526-1542

  Solman, Silvina A ^a   Orlanski, Isidoro ^b  

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

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Feedback; Intraseasonal variability; Precipitation; South America; South Atlantic convergence zone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVERGENCE ZONES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC;

FEEDBACK; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LA PLATA BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77955562845     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3309.1     Document Type: Article

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