Influences of two types of ENSO on South American precipitation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1382-1400

  Tedeschi, Renata G ^a   Cavalcanti, Iracema F A ^a   Grimm, Alice M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

El ni o; ENSO modoki; La ni a; Precipitation anomalies; South america

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENSO MODOKI; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TYPICAL PATTERNS; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

LASERS;

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

LA PLATA BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84876310779     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3519     Document Type: Article

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