A comparison of rainfall, outgoing longwave radiation, and divergence over the Amazon Basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2898-2909

  Liebmann, Brant ^a   Marengo, José A ^b   Glick, John D ^a   Kousky, Vernon E ^c   Wainer, Ilana C ^d   Massambani, Oswaldo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Ctr Weather Prediction Climate S   (Brazil)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIATION; RAIN;

OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIFURCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RAINFALL;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032215940     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2898:ACOROL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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