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Seasonality of the ENSO-Related Rainfall Variability in Central Chile and Associated Circulation Anomalies
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The seasonality of the ENSO?rainfall relationship in central Chile (30°?41°S) and associated circulation anomalies are studied using correlation and compositing techniques. During El Niño episodes there is a tendency for ...
Seasonal Diagnostic and Predictability of Rainfall in Subtropical South America Based on Tropical Pacific SST
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The seasonality of the simultaneous relationship between tropical Pacific SST and rainfall, as well as rainfall predictability one season in advance in subtropical South America (25°?40°S), is studied using different ...
Climatological Characterization of Puelche Winds down the Western Slope of the Extratropical Andes Mountains Using the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he existence of strong easterly winds down the western slope of the south-central Andes in Chile, locally known as Puelche winds, has been known by the meteorological community since at least the mid-twentieth century. ...
The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment: Observing the Influence of Microphysical Rain Regimes on Coastal Orographic Precipitation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment (CCOPE) was conducted during the austral winter of 2015 (May?August) in the Nahuelbuta Mountains (peak elevation 1.3 km MSL) of southern Chile (38°S). CCOPE ...