Sources of atmospheric moisture for the La Plata River Basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6737-6753

  Alejandro Martinez, J ^a   Dominguez, Francina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVAPORATION; WATERSHEDS;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

MOISTURE;

EID: 84906875626     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00022.1     Document Type: Article

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