Eastern patagonia seasonal precipitation: Influence of southern hemisphere circulation and links with subtropical South American precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6781-6795

  Berman, Ana Laura ^a,b   Silvestri, Gabriel ^a,b   Compagnucci, Rosa ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate variability; Interannual variability; South America; Southern Hemisphere; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TELECONNECTION;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84867662377     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00514.1     Document Type: Article

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