Trends in rainfall and temperature in the Peruvian Amazon-Andes basin over the last 40years (1965-2007)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2944-2957

  Lavado Casimiro, Waldo Sven ^a,b,c   Labat, David ^c   Ronchail, Josyane ^e   Espinoza, Jhan Carlo ^b,d   Guyot, Jean Loup ^c  

^a Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Atlantic SST; Climate change; ENSO; Hydroclimatology; Peru; Rainfall and temperature trend

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC SST; ENSO; HYDRO CLIMATOLOGIES; PERU; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; TIME SERIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); HUALLAGA VALLEY; PERU; UCAYALI BASIN;

EID: 84883287686     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9418     Document Type: Article

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