Intraseasonal variability in the South American monsoon system

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Ferreira, Solange Aragão ^a   Gan, Manoel Alonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Monsoon; Precipitation; South america

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL;

EID: 79960490019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.328     Document Type: Article

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