The Andes climate and weather
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Abstract. 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 the Andes and adjacent lowlands. In particular, the diversity of precipitation, temperature and wind patterns is interpreted in terms of the long meridional extent of the Andes and the disruption of the large-scale circulation by this formidable topographic barrier. We also document the impact of the El Niño Southern Oscillation phenomenon on the temperature and precipitation regimes along the Andes.
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Basement inherited heterogeneities, Cenozoic Andean tectonics and Neogene plateau rise were key factors for the formation of endorheic basins in the plateau, while the arid climate ensured their preservation.
“Basement inherited heterogeneities (Hongn et al., 2007), Cenozoic Andean tectonics (actively uplifting ranges) and Neogene plateau rise were key factors for the formation of endorheic basins in the plateau, while the arid climate (Garreaud, 2009) has ensured their preservation (Vandervoort et al., 1995;López Steinmetz et al., 2020b).”
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- Authors
- Garreaud, R. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Chile (CL)
- Corresponding author
- Garreaud, R. D.
- ORCID
- Garreaud, R. D.
- Venue
- Advances in geosciences
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Published
- 2009-10-13
- Volume
- 22
- Pages
- 3-11
- ISSN
- 1680-7340 (ISSN-L)
- 1680-7359
- OpenAlex
- W2127938786
- Cited by
- 699
- References
- 53
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- FWCI
- 6.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Advances in geosciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Keywords
- climate variability, atmospheric circulation, precipitation patterns, temperature patterns, wind patterns, topographic barriers, ENSO, instrumental observations
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