Statistical relationship between atmospheric circulation and extreme precipitation in La Plata Basin

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 553-562

  Garavaglia, Christian R ^a,c   Doyle, Moira E ^a,b   Barros, Vicente R ^a,b  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Ministerio de Defensa Republica Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Extreme monthly precipitation; Floods; Indexes; Mid level tropospheric circulation; Moisture convergence; Probabilities; Southeastern south america

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; EMPIRICAL PROBABILITIES; INDEXES; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

PROBABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

LA PLATA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84904717429     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1374     Document Type: Article

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