Annual variation of rainfall over Brazil and water vapor characteristics over South America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 26539-26551

  Rao, Vadlamudi Brahmananda ^a   Cavalcanti, Iracema F A ^a   Hada, Kioshi ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL RAINFALL; WATER VAPOUR FLUX;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0345006572     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01936     Document Type: Article

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