Influence of ENSO and the South Atlantic Ocean on climate predictability over Southeastern South America

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1493-1508

  Barreiro, Marcelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Climate predictability; ENSO; South Atlantic; Southeastern South America; Thermodynamic air sea interaction

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; URUGUAY;

EID: 78649239504     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0666-9     Document Type: Article

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