Vertical motion changes related to North-East Brazil rainfall variability: A GCM simulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 879-891

  Roucou, Pascal ^a   De Aragão, José Oribe Rocha ^b,d   Harzallah, Ali ^b   Fontaine, Bernard ^a   Janicot, Serge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d Universidade Federal de Paraiba CCT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric general circulation model; North East Brazil; Rainfall; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GCM; LMD GCM; RAINFALL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0030436643     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199608)16:8<879::AID-JOC56>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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