Revisiting wintertime cold air intrusions at the east of the Andes: Propagating features from subtropical Argentina to Peruvian Amazon and relationship with large-scale circulation patterns

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1983-2002

  Espinoza, Jhan Carlo ^a   Ronchail, Josyane ^b   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^c   Quispe, Nelson ^d   Silva, Yamina ^a   Bettolli, Maria Laura ^e   Avalos, Grinia ^d   Llacza, Alan ^d  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bolivian Amazon; Circulation patterns; Cold surges; Low level winds; Peruvian Amazon; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COLD AIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; LA PLATA BASIN; PERU;

EID: 84884699653     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1639-y     Document Type: Article

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