Interannual climate variability in South America: Impacts on seasonal precipitation, extreme events, and possible effects of climate change

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-554

  Grimm, Alice M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Extreme events; Precipitation; South America

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE]; ASSOCIATED MECHANISM; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONVERGENCE ZONES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MAIN MODE; MONSOON SEASON; MONSOON SYSTEM; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION; RAINY SEASONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SUMMER MONSOON; TOTAL PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79952988600     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0420-1     Document Type: Article

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