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Atmosfera is an international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly from 1988 to 2022. As of 2023, the manuscripts are published according to the continuous publication model. This journal is devoted to original research in the atmospheric sciences, climate change, interactions with the hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and human systems. 

It is published by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, through the Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático.

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Spatial and temporal comparison of CORDEX-SEA CMIP5-based downscaling experiments to ERA5 across Southeast Asia

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447-47

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A system-level assessment of climate and human-driven pressures on the Gulf of California using fuzzy cognitive maps

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381-405

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Conservation laws of perturbations of the Rossby-Haurwitz waves

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367-380

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335-351

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The May 24, 2016 Jagodina landspout: Insights from Serbia’s most documented tornadic event

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225-235

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209-223

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Changes in the Caribbean Low-Level Jet in the recent climate period and CMIP6 climate change scenarios

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189-207

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167-187

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153-165

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127-151

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Comparison of rainfall patterns and rainfed maize yields in the Pacific region of Nicaragua and the Atlantic region of Colombia, 2007-2023

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35-73

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Impact of climate variability on land use and groundwater resources: A case study of Wadi Fekan, northwest Algeria

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