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Advances in Meteorology
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 492630, 15 pages
South American Climatology and Impacts of El Niño in NCEP’s CFSR Data
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, 3642 Lindell, Boulevard, O’Neil Hall 205, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
Received 21 August 2013; Revised 2 October 2013; Accepted 17 October 2013
Academic Editor: Anthony R. Lupo
Copyright © 2013 Timothy Paul Eichler and Ana C. Londoño. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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