Moisture transport and intraseasonal variability in the South America monsoon system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1865-1880

  Carvalho, Leila M V ^a,b   Silva, Ana E ^b   Jones, Charles ^a   Liebmann, Brant ^c   Dias, Pedro L Silva ^b,d   Rocha, Humberto R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79954605815     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0806-2     Document Type: Article

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