Open AccessLarge‐scale index for South America Monsoon (LISAM)
Author(s) -
da Silva Ana Elizabethe,
de Carvalho Leila M. Véspoli
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.150
Subject(s) - climatology , monsoon , precipitation , index (typography) , environmental science , zonal and meridional , scale (ratio) , humidity , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geology , geography , cartography , world wide web , computer science
Time variations and large‐scale features of South America summer monsoon are characterized by an index based on the first combined EOF of anomalies of precipitation, specific humidity, air temperature, and zonal and meridional winds at 850 hPa. This index describes intraseasonal to interannual variations of the monsoon. Copyright © 2007 Royal Meteorological Society