%0 Journal Article %@holdercode {isadg {BR SPINPE} ibi 8JMKD3MGPCW/3DT298S} %@nexthigherunit 8JMKD3MGPCW/3EUPEJL %@archivingpolicy denypublisher denyfinaldraft %@issn 1811-1602 %@issn 1811-1610 %@dissemination PORTALCAPES %@usergroup administrator %@usergroup jefferson %3 exampleReports.pdf %@secondarykey INPE-12144-PRE/7488 %A Ledru, Marie-Pierre, %A Marengo, José, %T Extreme climatic events in south america: tropical-extratropical links %B Pages News %8 Apr. %D 2002 %V 10 %N 1 %P 21 %2 cptec.inpe.br/walmeida/2005/01.27.13.22.32 %4 cptec.inpe.br/walmeida/2005/01.27.13.22 %X Meridional air mass exchanges have a strong impact on climate variability in tropical and temperate regions of South America. Polar air advection is of special interest since it is related today to freezing events in southern and southeastern Brazil with serious economic consequences. Polar advection also influenced past climates, with Antarctic air reaching as far as central Amazonia circa 13,000 years ago. %@language English %@copyholder SID/SCD %@secondarytype PRE PI %@area MET %@group CPT-INPE-MCT-BR %@affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement %@affiliation UR055, SP, Brazil,