Long term and interannual rainfall variability in Argentinean Chaco plain region

Rainfall: Behavior, Forecasting and Distribution

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-89

  González, Marcela H ^a,b   Dominguez, Diana ^a   Nuñez, Mario N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation pattern; Chaco region; Climatic change; Rainfall trends; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874920314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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