Identification of the principal patterns of summer moisture transport in South America and their representation by WCRP/CMIP3 global climate models

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 227-241

  Gulizia, Carla ^a,b,c,d   Camilloni, Inés ^a,b,c   Doyle, Moira ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

^c UMI IFAECI/CNRS   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84875380712     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0729-4     Document Type: Article

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