Can Indian Ocean SST anomalies influence South American rainfall?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1615-1628

  Taschetto, Andréa S ^a   Ambrizzi, Tércio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean variability; Northeast Brazil; South American climate; Southern hemisphere teleconnections

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

BRAZIL; INDIAN OCEAN; LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 84859007350     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1165-3     Document Type: Article

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