The role of local circulations in summertime convective development and nocturnal fog in SãO Paulo, Brazil

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-157

  Silva Dias, Maria A F ^a   Machado, Antonio Jaschke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Convection; Fog; Local circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002541474     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1000241602661     Document Type: Article

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