The Andes climate and weather

This paper documents the main features of the weather, climate and climate variability over Andes cordillera in South America on the basis of instrumental observations. We first provide a basic physical understanding of the mean annual cycle of the atmospheric circulation and precipitation and over...

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Main Author: R. D. Garreaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-10-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/22/3/2009/adgeo-22-3-2009.pdf