Precipitation over eastern South America and the South Atlantic Sea surface temperature during neutral ENSO periods

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1553-1568

  Bombardi, Rodrigo J ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^a   Jones, Charles ^a   Reboita, Michelle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyclones; ENSO; Precipitation; South America; South Atlantic Dipole; SST

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894293270     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1832-7     Document Type: Article

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