How the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO) modifies the ENSO influence on the South American rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-178

  Kayano, Mary Toshie ^a   Capistrano, Vinicius Buscioli ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation; Climate variability; Climatology; El Ni o Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MODELLING STUDIES; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84891745447     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3674     Document Type: Article

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