Land-atmosphere coupling in El Niño influence over South America

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-355

  Barreiro, Marcelo ^a   Díaz, Nicolas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Land atmosphere coupling; South America

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84859123365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.348     Document Type: Article

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