Abstract: A low pressure system [known as the northwestern Argentinean low (NAL)] is commonly observed over northwestern Argentina near the Andean slopes. This study describes two NAL episodes for summer and winter, with emphasis ...

Abstract: This paper concentrates on the analysis of the life cycle of the low-level jet (LLJ) during a summer Chaco jet event. This is accomplished through the use of the Eta/Centro de Previs?o del Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (CPTEC) ...

Abstract: The Andes Cordillera produces a significant disruption to the structure and evolution of the weather systems that cross South America. In particular, cold fronts tend to be ?channeled? to the north immediately to the east ...

Abstract: The zonda is a warm and extremely dry wind that occurs east of the Andes Cordillera in the extratropical latitudes of South America. Its orographic origin is similar to the foehn that blows in Germany and Austria and the ...