Influence of Central and East ENSO on extreme events of precipitation in South America during austral spring and summer

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2045-2064

  Tedeschi, Renata G ^a   Grimm, Alice M ^b   Cavalcanti, Iracema F A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central and East ENSO; Extreme events of precipitation; Precipitation anomalies; South America

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CENTRAL AND EAST ENSO; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION BEHAVIOUR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 84939463633     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4106     Document Type: Article

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