Heavy rainfall episodes in Ecuador during El Niño events and associated regional atmospheric circulation and SST patterns

To date very little is known about the relation between regional circulation patterns and sea surface temperature development in the Niño 1,2 region and the occurrence of heavy precipitation in Ecuador and northern Peru. The current study uses a comprehensive data set of 2544 Meteosat-3 ima...

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Main Authors: A. Bendix, J. Bendix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/6/43/2006/adgeo-6-43-2006.pdf