Relations between ENSO and the South Atlantic SST modes and their effects on the South American rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2008-2023

  Kayano, Mary T ^a   Andreoli, Rita V ^b   Ferreira de Souza, Rodrigo A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Climatology; El Ni o Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MONITORING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMBINED EFFECT; FORECASTING PURPOSE; PAPER ANALYSIS; RAINFALL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH ATLANTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84879204022     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3569     Document Type: Article

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