[1] Meteorol Serv Canada, Downsview, ON M3H 5T4, Canada
[2] NOAA, Natl Climat Datat Ctr, Asheville, NC USA
[3] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Ciencias Atmosfer & Oceanos, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[4] Banco Nacl Datos, Serv Meteorol Nacl, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[5] Serv Nacl Meteorol & Hidrol, La Paz, Bolivia
[6] UMSA, Ins tHidraul & Hidrol, San Andres, Bolivia
[7] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, Ctr Previsao Tempo & Estudos Climaticos, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
[8] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[9] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, BR-90046900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
[10] Univ Fed Parana, Parana, Brazil
[11] Univ Fed Alagoas, Alagoas, Brazil
[12] FUNCEME, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
[13] Inst Nacl Meteorol, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
[14] Direcc Meteorol Chile, Santiago, Chile
[15] Escuela Super Politecn Litoral, Fac Marine Sci, Quito, Ecuador
[16] DINAC, Luque, Paraguay
[17] Univ Nacl Asuncion, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
[18] Univ Nacl Agr La Molina, Lima, Peru
[19] Serv Nacl Meteorol & Hidrol, Lima, Peru
[20] Univ Republica, Fac Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
[21] Univ E Anglia, Climat Res Unit, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
[22] Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA