A simple mechanism for the climatological midsummer drought along the Pacific coast of Central America

Atmosfera

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-281

  Karnauskas, Kristopher B ^a   Seager, Richard ^b   Giannini, Alessandra ^c   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Midsummer drought; Pacific; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; JET FLOW; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

PACIFIC COAST [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84875547329     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0187-6236(13)71075-0     Document Type: Article

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