Central-West Argentina summer precipitation variability and atmospheric teleconnections

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1657-1677

  Agosta, Eduardo A ^a   Compagnucci, Rosa H ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anticyclones; Climate change; Climate variability; Climatology; ENSO; Oscillations; Precipitation; Rainfall; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; OSCILLATIONS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84858166181     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00206.1     Document Type: Article

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