Assessing the influence of the MJO on strong precipitation events in subtropical, semi-arid north-central Chile (30°S)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7003-7013

  Juliá, Cristóbal ^a   Rahn, David A ^b   Rutllant, José A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Precipitation; Seasonal forecasting; South America; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SOUTH AMERICA; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERRORS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CHILE; COQUIMBO; ELQUI VALLEY; LA SERENA;

EID: 84867654794     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00679.1     Document Type: Article

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