The South American Monsoon System and the 1970s climate transition

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1248-1256

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

^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

Climate transition; Decadal variations; Precipitation variability; South American Monsoon

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CHANGE-POINTS; CLIMATE TRANSITION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DECADAL VARIATIONS; MOISTURE FLUXES; MONSOON SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SAMS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICAN MONSOON;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DECADAL VARIATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SUMMER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79958694566     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2147     Document Type: Article

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