Climate variability and trends in bolivia

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-146

  Seiler, Christian ^a,b   Hutjes, Ronald W A ^a   Kabat, Pavel ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza   (Bolivia)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CLIMATE EXTREMES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EXTREME EVENTS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; NATURAL HAZARD; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LASERS; RAIN;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84875036210     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0105.1     Document Type: Article

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