Variability of South American convective cloud systems and tropospheric circulation during January-March 1998 and 1999

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 961-973

  Ferreira, Rosana Nieto ^a,b   Rickenbach, Thomas M ^a,b   Herdies, Dirceu L ^b   Carvalho, Leila M V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; INFRARED IMAGING; MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037645915     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0961:VOSACC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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