A correlated shortening of the North and South American monsoon seasons in the past few decades

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3183-3203

  Arias, Paola A ^a,b   Fu, Rong ^c   Vera, Carolina ^d   Rojas, Maisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d IFAECI/CNRS ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cross equatorial flow; Global warming; North American monsoon; North Atlantic subtropical high; South American monsoon; Southern Amazon wet season

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HADLEY CELL; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WET SEASON;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84947491620     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2533-1     Document Type: Article

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